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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U311. Accompanies GEO U310. Cover topics from the course through various experiments.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U320. Examines the origin and nature of igneous rocks in general and volcanoes in particular. Surveys the characteristics and classification of igneous rocks, with a special emphasis on studying volcanic eruptive products and the nature of volcanic eruptions. Also covers the environmental impact and monitoring of volcanic activity.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U321. Accompanies GEO U320. Exercises emphasize the identification and classification of igneous rocks as seen in hand specimen and with the aid of a petrographic microscope.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U324. Investigates the interaction of light and crystal structures utilizing the polarizing microscope. Emphasizes the microscopic identification of minerals on the basis of their optical properties.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U325. Accompanies GEO U324. Emphasizes lab exercises that utilize the polarizing microscope to examine minerals in thin sections.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U326. Covers the description and identification of rocks, minerals, and textures viewed in thin section with a polarizing microscope. Interpretations of textures and mineral assemblages are emphasized.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U327. Accompanies GEO U326. Covers topics from the course through various experiments.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U336. Examines the role of the oceans in the climate system, addressing topics such as the global carbon cycle, the thermohaline circulation, and aspects of global change including warming and sea level rise. As a sink and a buffer for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and as a major mechanism of heat transport between the equator and high latitudes, the role of the oceans in setting the Earth's climate is indisputable.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U337. Provides students with a fundamental understanding of the intersection between climate change and government policy. After an introduction to the development of maritime law and sovereignty on the high seas, students examine why societies funded oceanic research, far from home territory, in the first place. The course also explores the interrelationship between science and government policy through selected case studies including the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and cases presented in the World Court relating to industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions and sea level change in the Pacific.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2007; replaced with ENV U338. Explores political, cultural, and social changes in the Caribbean since before Europeans arrived at the end of the fifteenth century. Starting from the maritime landscape of winds, currents, islands, and harbors, we see how the physical nature of the region has influenced patterns of settlement and development from the time of the Arawaks and Caribs to the commodification of the Caribbean as a modern tourist destination. Other topics include the impact of European expansion on peoples throughout the Atlantic world, especially at the transportation of some 5 million enslaved Africans into the Caribbean region; at the technology that underpinned European expansion; and at the cultural expressions that document the extraordinary demographic changes that transformed the islands
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