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Department of Earth Sciences (595)
Track Earth Sciences with specialization in Climate-Atmosphere-Oceanography- Expanded Major track (5957)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
Parent track:
מדעי כדור הארץ שנה א'- מסלול דו חוגי או חד חוגי (6014)
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
. Course 76415 is a prerequisite for course 82609. Course 76145 may be take up to and including the second year of studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
2
595
70356
Introduction to modeling in Earth Sciences
4
1
2
595
76415
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S
0
3
2
595
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
2
595
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
2
595
82314
Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans
4
1
2
595
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
2
595
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
2
595
82858
Statistical methods for Earth sciences
2
2
2
595
82510
BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
2
595
Total Compulsory Points: 28
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 4 credits from this list . If the times for the courses 76628 and 76634 clash with a student's timetable in the second semester, the course 76637 can be taken as an alternative.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
595
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
595
76637
programming in python
2
2
595
and
. One laboratory course is required. Note to students: courses 76223, are prerequisites to the laboratory courses of the year, second year. respectively. Students who choose to take 77125 Partial Physics Laboratory may take the course up to and including the third year of their studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
69115
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB
3
2
595
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
595
77125
Physics parcial lab A -Exact Sciences, earth science, chemistry and computer science
3
9
595
Elective studies
. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. 23 credits of elective courses are to be taken in order to complete a total of 144.5 credits for the undergraduate degree. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: in masters level courses open to third-year students, no second exam session (no "moed bet") is given.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40332
Introduction to remote sensing & image process
3
1
595
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
3
2
595
70311
INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY
4
2
595
70315
SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY
3
2
595
70317
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
3
3
595
70417
MINERALS AND ROCKS
3
1
595
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
595
70702
IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
3
1
595
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
3
1
595
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
595
72160
Biology basic
3
1
595
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
595
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
595
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
595
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
595
76743
Guided research in marine sciences
4
2
595
77210
ASTROPHYSICS AND LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
3
1
595
77303
Analytical Mechanics
6
1
595
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
595
80114
Mathematical Methods I
6
1
595
82519
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
6
3
595
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
595
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
595
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
3
1
595
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
595
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
595
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
6
2
595
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
595
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
595
89787
Environmental Organic Geochemi
3
1
595
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
595
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
595
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
595
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
595
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
76731
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
595
76732
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
595
77211
Astrophysics and Life in the Universe B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
82610
A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
595
84840
Geology & Geophysics of the Marine Environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
4
1
3
595
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
3
595
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
3
595
82508
CLIMATIC CHANGES
2
2
3
595
82609
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2
9
3
595
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
3
1
3
595
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
2
1
3
595
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
3
595
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
3
595
82510
BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
3
595
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
3
595
Total Compulsory Points: 25
Compulsory elective studies
. One laboratory course is required. Note to students: courses 76624 are prerequisites to the laboratory courses of the third year, respectively. Students who choose to take 77125 Partial Physics Laboratory may take the course up to and including the third year of their studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
69115
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB
3
2
595
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
595
77125
Physics parcial lab A -Exact Sciences, earth science, chemistry and computer science
3
9
595
Elective studies
. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. 23 credits of elective courses are to be taken in order to complete a total of 144.5 credits for the undergraduate degree. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: in masters level courses open to third-year students, no second exam session (no "moed bet") is given.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
40332
Introduction to remote sensing & image process
3
1
595
69661
GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL FUELS
3
2
595
70311
INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY
4
2
595
70315
SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY
3
2
595
70317
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
3
3
595
70417
MINERALS AND ROCKS
3
1
595
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
595
70702
IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
3
1
595
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
3
1
595
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
595
72160
Biology basic
3
1
595
72920
Advanced Biostatistics
3
1
595
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
595
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
595
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
595
76743
Guided research in marine sciences
4
2
595
77210
ASTROPHYSICS AND LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
3
1
595
77303
Analytical Mechanics
6
1
595
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
595
80114
Mathematical Methods I
6
1
595
82519
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
6
3
595
82612
Energy and the Environment
2
1
595
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
595
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
3
1
595
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
595
84863
BIOLOGY OF THE CORAL REEF
7
1
595
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
6
2
595
89305
BACTERIA IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
2
1
595
89714
SYMBIOSIS
2
1
595
89787
Environmental Organic Geochemi
3
1
595
89788
Geochemistry Organic Environmental 2
2
2
595
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
595
89840
Air Pollution in Israel
2
1
595
70425
INTRODUCTION TO GEOMORPHOLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
595
72582
Astrobiology of Planet Earth
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
76731
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
595
76732
Ecosystem of the Red Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
1
595
77211
Astrophysics and Life in the Universe B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
82610
A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
595
84840
Geology & Geophysics of the Marine Environment
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
89301
Field course in environmental analysis
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Earth Sciences
( 595)
Compulsory
Compulsory in the teaching program
12.5
Compulsory basic studies
40
Compulsory
Years 2-3 studies
61
Elective in the teaching program
19
Total in the teaching program
136.5
Programming studies
4
Cornerstone Program
8
Total for the degree (minimum)
144.5
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