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3.00 Credits
Examines the fundamentals of meteorology, including solar and terrestrial radiation; temperature; air pressure; atmospheric moisture, stability, and circulation; fronts and air masses; thunderstorms; tornadoes; hurricanes; floods and droughts; El Nino; and global warming. Goals of the course include the ability to read a weather map, to understand the basis for five-day forecasts, and to be a better weather forecaster than the media stars on TV by simply using a barometer and cloud observations.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the scientific basis for human development that provides people with a better life without sacrificing and/or depleting Earth resources or causing environmental impacts that will undercut future generations. Examples of Earth resources to be studied include air, water, soil, forests, energy, minerals, fish, wildlife, and agriculture. A service-learning project concerning conservation, recycling, and re-use of everyday materials and products in the local area is a major component of the course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO or PHY Discusses the strengths and the many disadvantages of fossil fuels, and the advantages and limitations of solar energy. Reviews the nature of radiation, its emission and absorption by different materials, and the availability of solar energy on earth. Covers solar energy collectors, the storage of solar energy and its use in water and space heating, in air-conditioning and in electrical power generation. Compares energy collection and delivery on earth and in nearby space. Covers briefly other indirect sources of energy: power from the wind and the oceans. This topic is of interest to the consumer.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY This is not a course on how to take pictures. It discusses the technology and applications of how images are acquired, displayed, manipulated and used in the sciences, manufacturing, mapping and surveillance, nondestructive testing, environmental studies, medicine, the graphic arts, and data storage. Introduces the nature and behavior of light, photosensitive materials, the invention of the silver halide emulsion, the theory and chemistry of black and white and of color processes, Polaroid, Xerox color, and dye destruction. Includes a general comparison of the new electronic imaging techniques and the many applications in which they have replaced older materials: digital imaging, computer storage, retrieval, manipulation and enhancement, and a discussion of the use of CCD devices in electronic cameras, scanners, frame grabbers, LaserJet printers and of CD readers and writers, DVD readers and writers, and other digital recording. A topic of interest to consumers and environmentalists.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Discusses the scientific principles which are borrowed or stretched by the science fiction writer to provide the environment or the major theme of the story. Covers a wide range of topics from many disciplines of the natural and social sciences, including space travel, sources of power, life in outer space, societal patterns, communication, intelligence, time and relativity, etc. Science fiction has paid close and early attention to the subjects of ecological impact, environmental concerns, resource management and interspecies interactions and/or diversity, and the dire consequences of disregarding them; these topics will be discussed at every opportunity.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level BIO, CHM, or GEO Introduces the principles of ecology that are relevant to environmental science, including variation in the environment, energy flow, biogeochemical cycling, productivity, population growth and regulation, and interactions between organisms and their environment. The evolutionary nature of species interactions and its implications for conservation biology will be explained. The course will include study and discussion of environmental problems confronting the world, field trips to local environments, exercises designed to teach ecological concepts, and writing assignments, particularly a paper on the application of ecological principles to a current environmental issue. The course will prepare the student to function as an ecologically aware citizen and to appreciate more the natural environment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Examines the relationship between scientists and the media in selecting, covering and judging the information that determines the public's level of understanding of science and technology. Analyzes the communication of science and technology for a variety of purposes and in diverse media settings. Includes the popularization of science in local and national newspapers, news magazines and specialty magazines, the coverage of science "miracles" and "disasters" in the popular press, the advertising of high technology both in the popular and specialty presses, and the coverage of scientific and technological controversies by journalists in different print, broadcast and computer-based media. Explores tensions and constraints between scientists and journalists in the communication process, the role of intervening institutions and organizations in this process as well as the new ethical problems in the communication process from the recent commericialization of science and technology. C I
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200 level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Provides students with an in-depth understanding of selected topics in human health and nutrition. Designed to include discussion of the most recent research within the following general areas: the Human Genome Project and the genetics of disease, nutrition in health and disease, mental health, the mind-body connection, sexuality, reproductive medicine and technologies, addiction and drugs, eating disorders, weight control, dietary supplements and exercise. Introduces students to the importance of different scientific methodologies and technologies in the advancement of our knowledge in these areas. Students will choose a specific research question of interest to them, prepare an outline of the possible sources of information to research this question, use what they have learned in class to evaluate critically these sources, write a research paper that analyzes current knowledge and suggests relevant questions for future research and give an oral presentation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Examines the many interdisciplinary aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1803-1806) from the initial mission of President Thomas Jefferson to the organization and scientific preparation and then to the ultimate journey of the Corps of Discovery. While studying the journals and chronological events in both text and images, students will gain a greater appreciation and understanding of some of the new experiences of this historic expedition, including encounters with grizzly bears, salmon, bison, rivers, forests, and Native Americans. Students will study some of the hundreds of plants and animals that Lewis and Clark introduced to science, including the numerous species named after them. Geography, geology, and technology for survival will also be a part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Examines information available through the collection, preservation and analysis of physical evidence present at a potential crime or accident scene. Topics for investigation and interpretation include fingerprints; DNA analysis; ink, paper and handwriting; arson; fiber and hair; paint chips; poisons and drugs. Students will investigate crime or accident "scenes" through examination and analyses of physical evidence in the laboratory.
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