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4.00 Credits
Modern geography explores the complex linkages between the natural world and the human or "built" environment. In this course, we study these relationships from a regional viewpoint. Excluding Anglo America, we tour the world's regions examining the diversity of landscapes, the distributions of natural resources, and the patterns of agricultural land use and industrial development. From London to Lhasa we chart the growing interdependence of the world economy and the stark contrasts in resource availability and allocation between the developed and less-developed nations. This course provides a fundamental understanding of people's material relationships with each other and the Earth.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A regional geographic study of North America, focusing on climate, landforms, and natural resources as they relate to patterns of human settlement, land use, transportation and economic activity.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to atmospheric dynamics on local to global scales. Topics include weather observation and prediction, atmospheric measurements, global energy budgets, midlatitude weather phenomena, global climate patterns, and the controls and effects of climate change.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
A study of geologic and tectonic processes at the global scale. Major topics include plate tectonic theory and development, topography and geology of the sea floor, plate geometries and processes at plate margins, volcanic arcs, collisional orogenies and mountain building, and the influence of tectonic processes on earth history. Prerequisite: 210 or 211 or consent of instructor. (Normally offered Spring Semester in alternate years) (4 Credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit. (1-4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
The systematic study of earth surface processes and landform development in tropical, temperate, arid and polar environments. Both classic models of landscape evolution and recent process studies will be analyzed. Particular emphasis will be given to the glacial and temperate environments of the north-central United States during the late Quaternary. Prerequisites: 200 or consent. (Normally offered Fall Semester in alternate years) (4 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
A systematic study of groundwater flow, groundwater resources and groundwater pollution. Emphasis will be placed on geologic materials and the dynamics of water movement, well hydraulics, regional groundwater systems, the basics of groundwater chemistry, and groundwater contamination. Prerequisites: 200 or 300 or consent of instructor. (Normally offered Spring Semester in alternate years) (4 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of fossil invertebrates with emphasis on preservation, taphonomy, diversity trajectories through geologic time, evolutionary mechanisms, extinction, paleobiology and paleoecology. Special emphasis will be placed on using fossils to interpret ancient depositional environments. Labs will introduce the student to the major invertebrate phyla commonly preserved in the geologic rock record. Prerequisite: GEOS 210 or BIOL 202. (Normally offered Fall Semester in alternate years) (4 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the applications of geographic information systems and satellite imagery to investigate all aspects of the Earth System - the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere. Emphasis will be placed on how information from optical, thermal and radar systems is collected, processed, portrayed on maps, and can inform knowledge of the composition, textural characteristics, and vegetation cover of a surface. Labs, conducted in the GIS facility, will focus on the practical application of techniques discussed in class to problems in the Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. Prerequisite: A 100-level course taught by Geoscience faculty or ENVS 102 or consent of instructor.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Study of the deformation of the Earth's crust. How and why rocks deform; geometry and interpretation of folds, faults, and rock fabrics; regional tectonics and mountain building. Labs emphasize interpretations of geologic structures in hand specimens, outcrops and geologic maps; and includes opportunities for geologic field mapping and a weekend field trip to the Appalachian fold and thrust belt. Prerequisite: 210 or 211 or consent of instructor.(4 credits)
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