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3.00 Credits
This introductory course teaches an understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, including the forces producing weather and climate, the dynamics of air movements, pressure changes, mass density, volume relationships, as applied to the changing atmosphere, and the production of hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. Also studied are atmospheric structure, the effects produced by solar radiation on the Earth's magnetic field-auroras, Van Allen belts,and similar phenomena. Meteorological instrumentation is studied in laboratory experiments designed to integrate theory with practice, together with the production of weather maps by students from empirical data recorded in the laboratory. This course is designed primarily for students majoring in science or engineering. 3 hours lecture. 2 hours laboratory. 4 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This is a laboratory course designed to complement ENVR 200. Lab inquiry activities will include topics in experimental ecology in model ecosystems, ecosystem modeling, and environmental assessment/environmental quality. There will be weekly assignments and/or projects for each topic, and a final exam. Meets three hours weekly. Corequisites: BIOL 161, 162, CHEM 145-148, ENVR 200. 1 semester hour
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6.00 Credits
A study of the sediments, rocks, structure, geophysics, microfossils, stratigraphy and history of the ocean basins and their margins. Lab includes field work. 6 hours weekly. 3 hours lecture. 3 hours laboratory/field. 4 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This honors course is intended for students who are concerned about the problems facing our planet's environment today. It provides a background for the most serious environmental challenges facing Earth's inhabitants, both human and non-human, what possible solutions are currently available, and what preventative measures can be taken to mitigate or prevent future disasters. Sessions are run in part lecture, part seminar format, and use current information available in print, in video format, and on the World Wide Web. Topics include the causes and effects of environmental crises in recorded history, and topics of global and regional concern such as deforestation and biodiversity loss, air and water pollution, acid precipitation, global warming, destruction of stratospheric ozone, and solar energy and alternative fuels. This course is open only to students in the Honors Program, and does not fulfill the ENVR technical elective requirement or the CHEM science elective. Three hours lecture. No prerequisites. 3 semester hours
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a skill that is cross-disciplinary and applicable to the interpretation of any data that has a spatial relationship. Of particular interest are environmental data sets that are collected within a geographic context. The lecture portion of the class introduces the basic principles of using and interpreting data within a computerized Geographic Information System (GIS). Topics of spatial data analysis are introduced as a way to showcase the extended data analysis capabilities of a GIS. This course provides students with a broad framework upon which to access and assess geographic information for the purpose of better understanding spatial relationships. The lab component of the course integrates lecture material into a GIS assessment. An important component of the lab is the collection of digital data using global positioning system (GPS) equipment and uploading the data to the GIS system. Students are required to develop and demonstrate a working knowledge of the GPS/GIS techniques through an independent research project that they will present orally to the class. Lab students are required to submit a final written project report. Open to all students across disciplines. No prerequisites. 3 hours lecture. 3 hours laboratory. 4 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to plan, conduct, evaluate, and present faculty directed original research. Topics include the historical and philosophical development of scientific research, introduction to the scientific method, writing a research proposal, selection of research arena, qualitative and quantitative observations, sampling techniques, collecting, recording, summarizing, statistically analyzing, and graphically presenting data, bibliographic searching techniques, oral presentation of research, and writing a research paper. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing in a science major and MATH 131/141 or permission of the instructor. 2 hours lecture. 3 hours laboratory. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
Principles of physical geology designed to illustrate the interactions between geology and engineering. Topics to include minerals, rocks, forces and processes acting on Earth, crustal structure, problems associated with shorelines, groundwater, earthquakes, land subsidence. Prerequisite: Junior standing. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches ecological and environmental literacy. Participants will understand (1) the physical, biological, and evolutionary processes that determine ecosystem structure and function, and (2) the process of ecological inquiry which is the scientific method, through which natural phenomena are observed, interpreted, and reported. This course also teaches how to read global environmental signposts (climate changes, ozone depletion, and biodiversity loss), recognize our role in causing these trends, and evaluate the courses of action, in terms of our consumer and disposer decisions, we all must take to sustain ourselves. Three hours of lecture, three hours of lab, and field work. Prerequisite: BIOL 161, 162. 4 semester hours
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2.00 Credits
This course teaches students the theory and application of environmental sampling and analysis techniques. The course introduces students to the instrumentation and techniques used to assess air, water, and soil quality. Lecture focuses on sampling, statistics, the operational theory of different measurement techniques, and the relevant chemical reactions. In the laboratory, students apply this to the quantitation and identification of various environmentally significant compounds. Two hours lecture, six hours laboratory weekly. Prerequisite: CHEM 255, MATH 142 or 133, and BIOL 299. Corequisite: PHYS 232. 4 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
A critical examination of the integral processes that affect Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere with regard to man's activities. Topics addressed include chemistry of the atmosphere, soil, and water chemistry, waste disposal and treatment, regulatory strategies for air, water, and soil pollution abatement, principles of wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, thermal pollution, and mining and reclamation. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory weekly. Prerequisite: ENVR 303 and CHEM 255. 4 semester hours
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