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1.00 Credits
Discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 concurrently. Small group discussion and preparation of short papers for course 2. GE credit with concurrent enrollment in course 2: Wrt.-I. (I.)
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 recommended. The history of life during the three and onehalf billion years from its origin to the present day. Origin of life and processes of evolution; how to visualize and understand living organisms from their fossil remains. GE credit: SciEng.-II. (II.) Motani
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3.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours. Modern ideas about the unifying ideas of fractal geometry, chaos and complexity. Basic theory and applications with examples from physics, earth sciences, mathematics, population dynamics, ecology, history, economics, biology, computer science, art and architecture. Offered in alternate years. (Same course as Physics 30.) GE Credit: SciEng.-II. Rundle
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Role of eruptions, and eruptive products of volcanoes in shaping the planet's surface, influencing its environment, and providing essential human resources. GE: SciEng.-III. (III.) Cooper
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Introduction to geomorphology, climate and geology of rivers and watersheds, with case examples from California. Assessment of impacts of logging, agriculture, mining, urbanization and water supply on river processes. Optional river field trips. GE credit: SciEng.-III. (III.) Mount
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Nature of thesun, moon, and planets as determined by recent manned and unmanned exploration of the solar system. Comparison of terrestrial, lunar, and planetary geological processes. Search for life on other planets. Origin and evolution of the solar system. (Former course 113-113G.) GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.-III. (III.) Osleger
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1.00 Credits
Discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 concurrently. Small group discussion and preparation of short papers for course 3. GE credit with concurrent enrollment in course 3: Wrt.-II. (II.) Motani
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1.00 Credits
Laboratory-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 3 concurrently. Exercises in understanding fossils as the clues to interpreting ancient life, including their functional morphology, paleoecology, and evolution.-II. (II.) Motani
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; discussion-1 hour. Introduction tobiological evolution. Emphasis on historical development, major lines of evidence and causes of evolution; relationships between evolution and Earth history; the impact of evolutionary thought on other disciplines. GE credit: SciEng.-II. (I.) Vermeij
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: high school physics and chemistry. The Earth, its materials, its internal and external processes, its development through time by sea-floor spreading and global plate tectonics. Students with credit for course 1 or the equivalent may receive only 2 units for course 50.-I. II. (I, II.) Monta?z, Zierenberg
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