PHYS105

A Global Challenge: Energy and Climate Change

This marquee course will consider the global energy crisis from a scientific perspective. Topics include basic laws of energy and thermodynamics, their effects on energy production and distribution, greenhouse gas, global warming and policy options for decision makers. This course is aimed at the non-science major.

Fall 2025

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Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.86 between 842 students*

PHYS105 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 13.06%
A: 13.18%
A+: 7.13%
B-: 9.62%
B: 18.17%
B+: 12.35%
C-: 2.38%
C: 8.43%
C+: 4.28%
D-: 0.48%
D: 1.31%
D+: 0.48%
F: 1.43%
W: 7.13%
other: 0.59%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.