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3.00 Credits
Through this course, students develop a professional perspective for corporate travel expense management and large convention planning. Marketing, negotiating, site selection, and costing techniques are examined. Three lecture hours per week. Restricted to B.S. Geography. Prerequisite: GGR361.
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3.00 Credits
Discussion of the role of geographic investigation in city, regional and resource planning. Designed to acquaint the student with the potential role of the geographer in the planning profession. Three lecture hours per week. Requires extensive field research that may substitute for some lectures. Prerequisite: GGR271.
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3.00 Credits
Individual research problems in Geography conducted under the supervision of Department faculty. Concentration elective, B.S. Geography and B.S. Cartography. Not open to others.
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4.00 Credits
Survey of earth materials and earth systems including minerals and rocks, volcanoes, streams, glaciers, oceans, plate tectonics and general principles. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory per week. Satisfies Distribution Division II requirements of laboratory science sequence with GGR 100P, GLS101 or GLS201.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of GLS100 using outdoor New England as a laboratory to explore our physical environment. Weekly field trips and field exercises to investigate earth processes are scheduled during class and laboratory hours and are a fundamental part of the course. One three day, long-weekend field trip required. Three lecture hours and three field laboratory hours per week scheduled; however the mix may vary. Offered in the fall only. Satisfies laboratory science sequence with GLS100. Prerequisite: GLS100 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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2.00 Credits
Computer based methods of capturing, analyzing, and interpreting geologic data. Particular emphasis will be given to the selection and use of appropriate analytical techniques for various types of geologic data. Two lecture hours per week with a computer laboratory component. Prerequisites: GLS100, CSC100 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Features, processes and geologic history of the National Parks. Presented primarily for non-geology majors. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the origin and evolution of our solar system. An examination of the composition, surficial and internal geologic processes that shape and form the planets and satellites. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Discussion of present-day geological aspects of our environment and their impact on our daily life. Selected topics include: water resources, uses and pollution; geologic hazards such as floods, coastal erosion, and earthquakes; energy and mineral resources. Three lecture hours per week. Intended for students not majoring in Geological Sciences.
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3.00 Credits
The ability to recognize, classify and interpret the origins of earth materials is a useful skill to those in many different fields including earth science, environmental science, botany, and science education. This course gives students the opportunity to acquire a working knowledge of the earth materials and resources we depend on such as minerals, sediments, petroleum products and coal. Three hours a week of integrated discussion and experiential learning.
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