Environmental Studies 260C - The Southern Cordillera

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Whitman College

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Carson The Cordillera are the mountains that stretch from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. This seminar and field trip are to study Patagonia and the southern Andes on the Argentina-Chile border. The emphasis will be on natural history (Los Glaciares and Torres del Paine National Parks and Aconagua), environmental problems (dams, aquaculture, tourists), and culture (especially in Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Mendoza). Field trip in January 2009. Corequisite: Geology 158C. Fee. 260R Regional Studies: Rockbridge County, Virginia (x, 1) Carson The natural and human history of a portion of the Appalachian Mountains. Rockbridge County, Virginia has geography, vegetation, and ecology typical of the central Appalachians. The county was home to Cyrus McCormick, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and George C. Marshall. Field trip in March 2009. Co-requisite: Geol 158 R. Fee.

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1.00 - 3.00

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www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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