Undergraduate Laboratory Improvement for Earth System Science and Global Change

理工科学生和非理工科学生的本科科学教育必须不断发展，使所有学生都能接触到掌握关键和新兴科学问题所需的工具。1991年，亚利桑那大学开始了一个为期两个学期的全球变化导论课程，向非科学专业的学生讲授地球系统。本课程在科学家、政策制定者和公民所面临的全球性问题和挑战的背景下教授基本的科学原理。这项建议提供了充分执行我们已经开发并正在继续改进的实验室练习所需的计算机设备。除了这门入门课程外，全球变化、遥感和水文学的本科课程将使用计算机实验室来增强和扩展他们的实验室经验。这种多学科的教学努力是亚利桑那大学致力于全球变化研究的一部分。

Undergraduate science education for students majoring in science and engineering, and students who are non-science majors must evolve to bring all students in contact with the tools needed to grasp critical and emerging scientific issues. In 1991 the University of Arizona started a two-semester sequence Introduction to Global Change to teach non-science majors about the earth system. The course teaches basic scientific principles in the context of global problems and challenges facing scientists, policy makers and citizens alike. This proposal provides for the computer equipment needed to fully implement the laboratory exercises that we have developed and are continuing to improve. Besides this introductory course, undergraduate classes in global change, remote sensing, and hydrology will use the computer laboratory to enhance and expand their laboratory experiences. This multidisciplinary teaching effort is part of the University of Arizona's commitment to the study of global change.