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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Interested in interdisciplinary learning, connecting with peers, and finding access to opportunities in climate science? The Program on Climate Change can help! If you would like to connect with professional development resources, experts in the field of climate science, and fellow climate-minded undergraduates from across the college, consider joining the PCC Undergraduate Climate Cohort:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/research/undergraduate-climate-cohort/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://pcc.uw.edu/research/undergraduate-climate-cohort/</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>And get on our listserve to receive emails relevant to undergrads interested in thinking about climate. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="https://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/climateminor"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/climateminor</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For those seeking a personalizable, interdisciplinary, educational program on the aspects of climate science, check out the newly updated Climate Science Minor!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/education/undergraduate-minor/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://pcc.uw.edu/education/undergraduate-minor/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>News and opinions about earth’s climate and global climate change can be found everywhere in today’s media, but without a foundational knowledge of climate science, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. The Climate Science Minor aims to give students a strong interdisciplinary foundation in climate science with opportunities to explore policy, energy, and human dimensions of climate change. This minor is for any undergraduate who wants to understand climate change science from a broad perspective. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A word about the requirements. We strongly recommend that interested freshmen and sophomores take ESS 201 or ATM S 211 as soon as possible, since they are prerequisites for the capstone course ATM S/ESS/OCEAN 475 which is offered once a year.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Students also take one quantitative skills course AND one course from each of </span><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/education/undergraduate-minor/climate-science-minor-requirements/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>four topic areas</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> with opportunities to explore paleoclimate, marine pollution, climate justice, ecology, the Arctic, and more. The updated elective structure allows for more choice in how the requirements are fulfilled. Check out the expanded options! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Students are encouraged to meet with the Climate Science Minor Advisor, Miriam Bertram, for course planning. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We hope to hear from you soon!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-UW Program on Climate Change</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'><a href="mailto:uwpcc@uw.edu">uwpcc@uw.edu</a></span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="http://pcc.uw.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>pcc.uw.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you for your help and any feedback that you may have for us!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Isaac Olson</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Undergraduate Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>UW Program on Climate Change</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(206) 543-6521</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'><a href="mailto:uwpcc@uw.edu">uwpcc@uw.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="http://pcc.uw.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>pcc.uw.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D'>"The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=286 height=35 style='width:2.9791in;height:.3645in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xz-hsjj842PzVxKDgUOLIhLvlkTUzBRCR0ta2uPMo_8kUTY1VklXBZ1y3qcYA8AU0Ua-72Rpo"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>@uwpcc <a href="http://pcc.uw.edu" target="_blank">pcc.uw.edu</a> <a href="mailto:uwpcc@uw.edu" target="_blank">uwpcc@uw.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>