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Department of Earth Sciences (595)
Track Life Sciences and Earth Sciences with specialization inClimate-Atmosphere-Oceanog - dual Major track (8030)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
. Required first-year courses in Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography. Note that course 40109 is interchangeable with course 68105. Note that course 68104 can be taken up to and including the second year of studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
68104
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
3
2
2
595
68105
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE
4
1
1
595
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
1
595
Total Compulsory Points: 7
Compulsory studies
. Required first-year courses in Life Sciences.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72128
-Introduction to Biology and Evolution of Organisms
5
1
2
570
72153
Introduction to Cell Biology
4
1
1
570
72155
GENERAL GENETICS A
5
2
2
570
Total Compulsory Points: 14
Compulsory studies
. Required fundamental first-year courses. Note to students: First-year courses in mathematics and physics that are listed in track 6014 are interchangeable with the first-year courses in mathematics and physics that are listed here and are recommended. A student who takes first-year courses in mathematics and physics listed in 6014 with a higher number of credits than the courses listed here are required to take fewer required-elective courses in Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography in the second and third years of study accordingly.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
69123
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
1
+
595
69166
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
5
2
1
+
595
69174
GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGY STUDENTS
6
1
1
+
595
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
1
+
595
76415
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S
0
3
1
595
77133
Mechanics 1
5
1
1
+
570
77134
Electricity, magnetism and waves 2
5
2
1
+
570
80125
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 1
4
1
1
+
595
80127
MATHEMATICS FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS 2
4
2
1
+
595
Total Compulsory Points: 38
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 4 credits from this list during of your degree studies. Required electives in programming. Students must take 4 credits. The courses may be completed up to and including the third year of studies. Courses 76631, 76634, and 76637 are interchangeable; only one of them may be taken.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
595
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
595
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
595
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
595
76637
programming in python
2
2
595
Elective studies
You may choose up to 7.5 credits from this list . . A student who is undecided between the specialization in Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography and the specialization in Geology may take up to 7.5 credits from this cluster of courses. For a student who chooses to transfer to the specialization in Geology (track 8029) in the second year of studies, any courses taken from this cluster will be credited towards the undergraduate degree as required courses in Earth Sciences. For students who remain in the specialization Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography in the second year of studies, any courses taken from this cluster will be credited towards the undergraduate degree as elective courses in Earth Sciences. Note that course 68128 is a prerequisite for course 70110 in geology.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
595
68128
Introduction to geological mapping
2
2
595
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
595
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
. Required second-year courses in Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography. Note to students: Course 82814 Rain and Cloud Physics is required for all students up to and including those who began their studies in the 2019-2020 academic year. Students who began their studies up to and including in the 2019-2020 academic year who have not yet taken the course must register for it.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
70356
Introduction to modeling in Earth Sciences
4
1
2
595
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
595
76415
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCI. S
0
3
2
595
82301
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
4
1
2
595
82314
Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans
4
1
2
595
Total Compulsory Points: 12
Compulsory studies
. Required second-year courses in Life Sciences.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
72121
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELL
6
1
2
570
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
2
570
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
595
Total Compulsory Points: 10
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose 4 credits from this list during of your degree studies. Required electives in programming. Students must take 4 credits. The courses may be completed up to and including the third year of studies. Courses 76631, 76634, and 76637 are interchangeable; only one of them may be taken.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
595
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
595
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
595
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
595
76637
programming in python
2
2
595
and
You must choose 31 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. Required electives for Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. Note to students: there are courses in this list that are for third-year students only. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: not every course in this list is offered every year. A second-year student who is considering taking courses from this list in his/her third year should check with the course lecturer if the course will be offered next year. A student who is interested in registering for guided research may register for one of the following courses, 70317 or 82519, after obtaining permission from the Head of the Department. Given that all undergraduate students are required to take at least one course given in English, we offer a number of courses in English, as indicated in the course descriptions.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
595
68128
Introduction to geological mapping
2
2
595
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
595
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
595
70317
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
3
3
595
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
595
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
595
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
2
595
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
595
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
595
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
595
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
595
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
595
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
595
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
595
82508
Global Warming Science
2
2
595
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
4
2
595
82519
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
6
3
595
82609
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2
9
595
82612
Energy and the Environment
3
1
595
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
595
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
595
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
595
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
595
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
2
1
595
82858
Statistical methods for Earth sciences
2
2
595
82891
Computational Models of Climate and Climate Change
2
1
595
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
595
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
595
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
595
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
595
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
595
94623
Microbiology-lab
3
2
595
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
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
82510
BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
82610
A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
595
82894
Forecast of local phenomena
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
595
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
595
and
You must choose at least 9 up to 10 credits from this list . Required electives in Life Sciences. Students must choose 2 courses from this list.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
595
72332
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
5
2
595
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
595
72336
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY
5
1
595
72362
INT. TO MICROBIOLOGY - HONOR'S PROG.
4
1
595
and
You must choose 10 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. . Required electives of broad courses in Life Sciences. Students must choose two courses from this list in order to fulfill 10 credits.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
595
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
1
595
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
595
72343
Nervous system physiology
5
2
595
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
595
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
595
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
595
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
595
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
595
3rd Year
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose at least 2 up to 3 credits from this list . . Given that all undergraduate students are required to take at least one course given in English, students must choose one course from this list.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72541
: Research seminar in life sciences- semester A
2
1
570
72542
: Research seminar in life sciences - semester B
2
2
570
82508
Global Warming Science
2
2
595
82609
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2
9
595
82612
Energy and the Environment
3
1
595
and
You must choose 4 credits from this list during of your degree studies. . Required electives in programming. Students must take 4 credits. The courses may be completed up to and including the third year of studies. Courses 76631, 76634, and 76637 are interchangeable; only one of them may be taken.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
76628
MATLAB FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
2
595
76631
PYTHON1
2
1
595
76632
PYTHON 2
2
2
595
76634
PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES
2
1
595
76637
programming in python
2
2
595
and
You must choose 31 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. Required electives for Climate-Atmospheric Sciences-Oceanography. This cluster of courses is common to the second and third years of study. Note to students: there are courses in this list that are for third-year students only. Note to students: pay attention to the prerequisites for the courses in this list. Note to students: not every course in this list is offered every year. A second-year student who is considering taking courses from this list in his/her third year should check with the course lecturer if the course will be offered next year. A student who is interested in registering for guided research may register for one of the following courses, 70317 or 82519, after obtaining permission from the Head of the Department. Given that all undergraduate students are required to take at least one course given in English, we offer a number of courses in English, as indicated in the course descriptions.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
68127
THE DYNAMIC EARTH
4
1
595
68128
Introduction to geological mapping
2
2
595
68140
GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION IN THE NEGEV
1.5
2
595
70102
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
3
1
595
70317
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
3
3
595
70511
Introduction to G.I.S
3
1
595
70515
WATER RESOURCES OF ISRAEL
3
1
595
70849
Processes of the Hydrological Cycle
3
2
595
70865
Numerical Methods in the Earth Sciences
3
1
595
76702
Marine Sedimentology
5
1
595
76713
Biology and Ecology of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Eilat
4
2
595
76724
MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6
2
595
76741
Environmental Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba
4
1
595
82304
Weather systems of the mid-latitudes
5
1
595
82309
RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
5
2
595
82508
Global Warming Science
2
2
595
82515
Introduction to tropical meteorology
4
2
595
82519
Guided Research for Undergraduates in Earth Sciences
6
3
595
82609
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2
9
595
82612
Energy and the Environment
3
1
595
82653
Objective Methods of Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences
3
2
595
82657
Atmospheric Chemistry
2
2
595
82814
RAIN AND CLOUD PHYSICS
4
2
595
82833
MATEMATICAL METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2
1
595
82856
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics for Earth Science Applications
2
1
595
82858
Statistical methods for Earth sciences
2
2
595
82891
Computational Models of Climate and Climate Change
2
1
595
82892
Synoptic Climatology of the EM and Israel
2
1
595
84000
RESEARCH METHODS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
4
2
595
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
595
84865
Introduction to practical oceanography
4
1
595
89703
Biogeochemical cycles and the climate system
3
2
595
94623
Microbiology-lab
3
2
595
70898
Limnology of the Dead Sea
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
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
82510
BOUNDARY LAYER METEOROLOGY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
595
82610
A Practical Laboratory in Weather Prediction
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82834
Remote sensing of precipitation from weather radars and satellites
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
82850
PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND LAND
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
595
82894
Forecast of local phenomena
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
595
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
595
84892
Ocean Biogeochemistry
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
6
2
595
84895
Paleoceanography
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
5
2
595
and
You must choose at least 9 up to 10 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. . Required electives in Life Sciences. Students must choose 2 courses from this list.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72107
Introduction to Ecology
5
1
595
72332
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
5
2
595
72334
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE
5
1
595
72336
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY
5
1
595
72362
INT. TO MICROBIOLOGY - HONOR'S PROG.
4
1
595
and
You must choose 10 credits from this list in the years 2nd,3rd. . Required electives of broad courses in Life Sciences. Students must choose two courses from this list in order to fulfill 10 credits.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72320
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
5
2
595
72339
BIOCHEMISTRY : ADVANCED LEVEL
5
1
595
72342
MICROBIOLOGY:ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
595
72343
Nervous system physiology
5
2
595
72345
TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
5
2
595
72346
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
595
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
595
72373
CELL BIOLOGY
5
1
595
72604
ECOLOGY - ADVANCED LEVEL
5
2
595
and
You must choose 2 credits from this list . . Undergraduate seminar courses. Students must choose one course from this list in order to fulfill 2 credits.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
72520
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR: EVOLUTION, SYSTEMATICS, E
2
2
595
72521
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR: GENETICS
2
2
595
72522
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BI
2
2
595
72524
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR: PLANT SCIENCES
2
2
595
72525
SEMINAR: STRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
2
2
595
72526
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR: BRAIN & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
2
2
595
82609
UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2
9
595
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Life Sciences
( 570)
Total Point in program Earth Sciences
( 595)
Compulsory
Compulsory in the teaching program
28
7
Compulsory basic studies
38
Compulsory
Years 2-3 studies
12
Compulsory elective
19-20
31
Elective in the teaching program
0-7.5
Total in the teaching program
85-86
54-61.5
Cornerstone Program
4
4
Additional teaching program
54-61.5
85-86
Total for the degree (minimum)
143
145
Total for the degree (maximum)
147
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
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