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3.00 Credits
Independent work for undergraduate Honors, supervised by a faculty member. Prerequisites: senior standing, eligibility for Honors, and permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on geological, chemical, and physical oceanography. Topics: topography and origin of ocean basins; origin and composition of sea water; effect of compositional variations on biological productivity; dynamics of water movements, including coastal processes.
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1.00 Credits
Each week a different faculty member presents a lecture or laboratory demonstration relating to recent discoveries in geology and the planetary sciences, or about general topics dealing with volcanism, earthquakes, plate tectonics, geological hazards, fossil life, or earth history. Credit/no credit only. Students attend all lectures and write a short summary of each.
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3.00 Credits
Basic concepts of the evolution and physical structures of the Earth's oceans and the atmosphere. Dynamic aspects of the oceans (waves, tides, tsunamis) and atmospheric circulation (weather). Role of biological processes (including anthropogenic) in defining the present oceans and atmosphere. Global climate issues discussed in EPSc 111.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to practical mathematical methods for understanding environmental aspects of our planet, particularly how the environment changes with time through human interactions. Emphasis on intuitive approaches in devising simple relationships for understanding quantitative outcomes of natural processes. Introduction to basic statistical methods, including hypothesis testing, and how statistics can be applied to environmental problems.
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3.00 Credits
Global climate and global climate change and their impacts on life and civilization. Integrated view of global climate and the diverse forces that can alter global climate. Historical and potential future consequences of global climate change on human life, our industrial civilization, and its sustainability. EPSc 108A (Oceans and the Atmosphere), recommended but not required.
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3.00 Credits
Geoengineering, the deliberate manipulation of the earth's climate, may be part of a solution to the predicted future global warming. Is this advisable, or even possible? Discussions, lectures, and readings used to learn how earth's climate works. Examination of some proposals for altering the climate. Past attempts for deliberate human alteration of natural systems discussed and evaluated. Consideration of geoengineering as an ethical issue.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to major resources of the Earth: rocks, minerals, water, soil, air. Basics of geology presented so that origin, supply, and uses of resources can be better understood. Environmental awareness stressed. Field trip required.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of geologic processes occurring at the Earth's surface and its interior using national parks and monuments as the prime venue for presentation. Volcanism and mountain-building; the work of streams, glaciers, and wind; lake and coastline development; stratigraphy and sedimentation; and Earth history. Material presented in a geographic context, with emphasis on landforms and landscape evolution, relating geology to the development and settlement of the United States.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history of prehistoric life from its early beginnings about 3.5 billion years ago until the present. Emphasis is placed on the origin and evolution of dinosaurs and the stratigraphic and biological methods used by paleontologists to decipher their habits and relation to the Mesozoic world. In addition to the remarkable evolutionary history of dinosaurs, topics relating to the history of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals provide a summary understanding of the Earth's amazing pageant of past life.
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