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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisites, ES110, ES111, and ES319.) The focus of this course will be weather phenomena that are considered to be severe and/or unusual. This would include blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, flooding rains, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, and many other weather events that can affect our lives. The major emphasis will be placed on weather that affects the United States. Particular attention will be given to supplying students with a basic understanding of each weather phenomenon, its causes, its hazards, and information needed to predict, survive or avoid these hazards and to mitigate against their effects. It is also intended to be a follow-up course to our existing meteorology course (ES319).
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite, ES 110 and ES111.) An introduction to geology, landscapes, glaciers, climate, and biology of the Ice Ages. The relationship of Ice Age events to modern environments, the nature of climatic and environmental change, and the role of man. Three hours lecture per week and field trips.
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Prerequisite, ES 110 and ES111.) Focus on natural operations of systems and cycles involved with geologic hazards and resource distribution/production. Beneficial and disastrous consequences of man's involvement with natural operations will be analyzed and applied to land use planning. Course appropriate for those interested in environmental studies, but also agriculture, civil engineering, construction, economics, planning, science education.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisites, ES110 and ES111.) An interdisciplinary overview of physical, biological, and cultural aspects of wetlands. Definitions, classification, origins, and natural processes of wetland environments. Wetlands in boreal, temperate, and tropical climatic settings. Human impact, exploitation and management of wetland resources. Lectures, exercises and field trips. A student may not earn credit in more than one of EB 341, ES 341, or GE 341.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite, ES110 and ES111.) Introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques as applied to documenting, mapping, interpreting, and managing natural and cultural resources. Types of GIS data, computer hardware and software used for geospatial analysis, basic cartography, and global positioning system. Lectures, laboratory exercises, and field trip.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
(Prerequisites, ES110 and ES 111 or ES254 or GE254.) A study of the world climatic regions based upon a systematic classification system. The investigations of the cause of climatic variations and the effect of climate on man's natural environment.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisites, ES110/111.) Natural hazards are Earth processes that are harmful to humans and their property. Natural hazards can be as spectacular as volcanic eruptions and as subtle as soil creep. This course provides a detailed discussion of natural hazards with emphasis placed on understanding the processes that cause natural hazards to occur and the factors that increase risk for humans and their property.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A general introduction to topics in the earth sciences for which no regular course is available, but adequate texts, library holdings, and laboratory resources exist. Examples of possible areas of study include relevant or timely problems in earth science such as global environmental change, energy and water resources. It is designed for non-majors or entry-level earth science majors, and resumes no prerequisites. *The parentheses will be filled with an appropriate short description on the student¿s transcript to indicate the subject area studied.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
No course description available.
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