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0.00 Credits
This is a mineralogy lab course that must be taken concurrently with GEOS 302.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the crystal structure, composition, and occurrence of minerals and to the interpretation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. It examines how rocks and minerals form, focusing specifically on chemical and structural character of minerals, phase relationships among minerals, and on how the textural and compositional features of rock reveal Earth's past and present. This course includes 3 hours lab per week (GEOS 303L) which must be taken concurrently. Pre-requisite = GEOS 109 or 209L.
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This is a mineralogy and petrology lab course that must be taken concurrently with GEOS 303.
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2.00 Credits
This independent study self-learning module provides a guided opportunity to practice applying concepts from GEOS 303 (Mineralogy and Petrology) through science reasoning challenges, real-world geology problems, and self-guided labs. Problems include labs in mineral identification in hand sample and under the microscope, interpretation of rocks under the microscope, practice in recognizing symmetry patterns, interpretation of phase diagrams, application of Goldschmidt's Rules, and mineral uses and refining constraints. Pre-requisite = GEOS 109 or 209L, co-enrollment in GEOS 303 Mineralogy and Petrology recommended.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to oceanography, with emphasis on: ocean-atmospheric interaction and global climate, plate tectonics and morphology of the ocean basins, marine geology, energy resources, environmental problems due to sea level rise, coastal erosion, oil spills, and life in the sea. MnTC Goal 3 and 10.
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3.00 Credits
Students will use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques to acquire, adjust, extend, modify, integrate, analyze, map, and manage digital spatial data (both rasters and vectors) across space and time, using the standard ArcMap interface and extensions (especially 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst) and customized toolboxes in ESRI's ArcGIS suite of software. This course builds on concepts introduced in the Thinking Spatially (GEOS 207) and Cartography (GEOS 210) courses and applies them to physical, biological, and social data within a GIS.
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3.00 Credits
Regional survey of United States and Canada with emphasis on regional contrasts and interrelationships. MnTC Goal 5.
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3.00 Credits
Classification and description of the various kinds of sediments and sedimentary rock units; sedimentary facies; cyclic sedimentation; and techniques of correlating sedimentary rocks. Laboratory exercises will be incorporated into the lecture period. One field trip is required. A special fee will be assessed to those students electing to participate on an optional field trip to cover transportation costs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the geography of human economic activities, including agriculture, mining, manufacturing, trade, and the global patterns of world economics. MnTC Goal 8.
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3.00 Credits
Human nature is characterized in part with wanderlust, migratory urges, trade and commerce, and just wanting to see what is over the next hill in our exploring our environment. This course begins with a survey of all transportation types and modes, how they developed, and how and why be have arrived at the particular situation we find transportation and accessibility to exist in our world. We also analyze how transportation is or is not sustainable in the contexts of environment and the ethics of accessibility. MnTC Goal 9
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