GLY 101 - Global Environmental Science

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3.5 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC/LAB Introduces important geological processes that have environmental impacts, ranging from earthquakes and volcanic hazards to landslides and flooding. The framework for learning these processes includes the water and rock cycle. Covers discussions of environmental philosophy and the significance for society of the environmental findings of science. The laboratory involves field measurements of streams, map analysis, an examination of fossils as they relate to the environment, meteorite impacts, and common rock-forming minerals. The GLY 101/GLY 10sequence fulfills the university s general education natural science requirement.

Credits:

3.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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