Quantifying Nature

Catalog description

This course focuses on the quantitative analysis of nature and specifically the ways that the quantitative tools of data analysis and data visualization can be used to understand and communicate the Anthropocene . During the course we will evaluate how quantitative tools are used in the scientific evaluation of the impacts that humans have on the environment. In particular we will focus on ways that the scope and nature of human impacts can be revealed, understood, and communicated through data analysis and data visualization. Prerequisite(s): Completion of FSRC pillar and MATH 171 Corequisite(s): None *Fulfills Civitae Core PSRC WI