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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 2 credits Science activities, demonstrations, and experiments useful in early childhood and elementary education. Taught in coordination with Education 45 or 45.1. Emphasis on laboratory experiences using non-toxic and familiar objects and materials. Prerequisite: General Science 10 and Education 38. Corequisite: Education 45 or 45.1.
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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours laboratory or conference; 3 credits Faculty-mentored independent library or laboratory research in one of the science disciplines or an interdisciplinary science. Students will prepare a final project for presentation. Prerequisite: permission of the General Science coordinator.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An inquiry- and lab-based study of the materials and structure of the earth; physical properties and states of matter, their dependence on temperature and pressure; internal structure of the earth and methods of studying it. Prerequisite: Core Studies 7.2 and 8.2 or an approved substitute as listed in the Bulletin. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 1.95 and Core Studies 5 or 5.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An inquiry- and lab-based study of the nature of light; refraction and reflection; geometrical optics; wave properties of light; optical properties of human and animal visual systems. Prerequisite: Core Studies 7.2 or an approved substitute as listed in the Bulletin. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 1.95 and Core Studies 5 or 5.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An inquiry- and lab-based study of chemistry and biology in everyday life; relation to more general scientific principles. Prerequisite: Core Studies 7.1 and 8.1, or an approved substitute as listed in the Bulletin. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 1.95 and Core Studies 5 or 5.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An inquiry- and lab-based study of important aspects of evolutionary paleontology and the history of life as illustrated by the fossil record. Adaptation, size scaling, evolutionary processes, and paleoecology. One required field trip to study modern beach environments and to collect fossils. Prerequisite: Core Studies 8.1 and 8.2, or an approved substitute as listed in the Bulletin. Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 1.95 and Core Studies 5 or 5.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An inquiry- and data-based study of relationship between global and local environmental issues. The global environmental issues will be presented through a series of lectures while the local issues will be investigated through group projects. Prerequisite: Core Studies 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, and 8.2 or an approved substitute as listed in the Bulletin.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Environmental aspects of atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere; living earth ecosystem; geological pollution of the atmosphere and hydrosphere and its implications; geological hazards, hostile environments, and their control; and environmental planning and management.
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2.00 Credits
3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory; 41 2 credits Origin of the solar system; the earth in space; earth origin; major earth processes; earth structure and materials; earth magnetism; hydrology; landforms; geologic time; climate change; earth-human interaction. Laboratory work includes study of seasons, earth motions, apparent motions of celestial bodies, minerals, rocks, terrestrial coordinates, topographic maps, field trips.
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3.00 Credits
120 hours supervised field and laboratory work; 4 credits Approximately three to four weeks of supervised field and laboratory work in the Folded Appalachians or another region. Field preparation of geologic maps and sections by means of the Brunton compass, topographic base maps, and aerial photographs of the region selected. Required final report including maps, sections, description of physiography, stratigraphy, and structure. Expenses approximately $500. (Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Geology 12.1.) Summer session. Prerequisite: Geology 2.2, 41.1; or permission of the chairperson.
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