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4.00 Credits
Sedimentary rocks, the environments of deposition they represent, techniques employed in their study, the processes that produced them and their many characteristics; how these characteristics are used to reconstruct ancient environments and geologic history. Three lectures, one 1 1/2-hour laboratory per week. A field trip to West Texas or West Virginia is required. (Prerequisites: Earth Science 101, 102 and permission of instructor.) Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Invertebrate fossils, with particular emphasis on their use in the correlation and reconstruction of ancient environments and geologic history. Three lectures, one 1 1/2-hour laboratory per week. A field trip to Southern Ohio is required. (Prerequisite: Earth Science 313 or permission of instructor.) Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
The geological processes that form landscapes, including coverage of surficial geological materials and soils; the physics and chemistry of weathering; the dynamics of streams; wind, waves, glacier ice and mass movement; and the interactions of geomorphology and the environment. Three lectures, one 2-hour laboratory per week. (Prerequisites: Earth Science 302 and 307, Chemistry 101 or 103, Mathematics 125 or permission of instructor.) Offered as needed.
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4.00 Credits
Familiarization with basic field and laboratory techniques, including maps, mapping instruments, air photographs, photography, data reproduction and presentation, sources of geologic information and planning field work and reports. A field problem is required. Two lectures, two 2-hour laboratories per week. (Prerequisites: Earth Science 307 and 313 or permission of instructor.)
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4.00 Credits
The basic principles and techniques of mineral identification using the petrographic microscope, with emphasis on the oil immersion technique, identification of opaque and non-opaque minerals in thin section and determination of rock type by point counting. Two lectures, two 2-hour laboratories per week. (Prerequisites: Earth Science 301 and 302.) Offered as needed.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Original research and writing on an earth science or environmental geology topic. A formal presentation of the final product is required.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Exploratory Internship
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4.00 Credits
General microeconomic theory, including an introduction to theories of consumer behavior, product demand, cost and supply, production, the firm and its markets, capital and pricing factors. The lives and work of selected important economists are also studied, with emphasis on the development of microeconomic ideas. (Open to freshmen; may be taken before or after Economics 202.) Fall, spring.
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4.00 Credits
General macroeconomic theory and the relationship of economics to other social sciences, including principles and theories of national income determination, consumption, investment, savings, business cycles, prices and money, the banking system, monetary and fiscal policy and international trade and growth. The lives and work of selected important economists are also studied, with emphasis on the development of macroeconomic ideas. (Open to freshmen; may be taken before or after Economics 201.) Fall, spring.
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4.00 Credits
Economic conditions of developing countries and causes of their slow growth, including a survey of the various theories of economic development. Topics include the relationships of developing countries with developed countries and with various international agencies such as the United Nations and the World Bank. (Open to freshmen.)
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