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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 4 hours of earth science, biology, chemistry, or physics. This course provides an introduction to the historical, physical, chemical, geological, and biological aspects of the oceans and their importance to the global system. Three hours lecture per week. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: 4 hours of earth science, biology, chemistry or physics. This course provides an overview of how the distribution of heat, atmospheric circulation, humidity, and air pressure forms local, regional and global weather conditions. The course will include analysis of recent meteorological events that demonstrate basic principles of how weather patterns evolve. Three hours lecture per week. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ERSC 3310, MATH 1303. The description and analysis of geological structures in Earth's crust and an introduction to global tectonics. Topics covered include: the description of geological structures; stress, strain, deformation and rheology; the kinematics and dynamics of folding and faulting; microstructural analysis; principles of plate tectonics; selected orogenic systems of the world. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ERSC 1302, ERSC 1102, and 4 hours of any other ERSC course, or consent of instructor. Sedimentary processes and products; siliciclastic sediments and environments, biogenic, chemical and other nonsiliciclastic sedimentary rocks and the environments in which they form; principles of stratigraphy including lithostratigraphy, quantitative biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy; geophysical and chemostratigraphic correlation; geochronology and chronostratigraphy; and basin analysis. Two hours lecture, four hours laboratory per week. Weekend field trips. Four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor, generally given only with senior standing and/or 20 hours of geology. Field or laboratory problem in consultation with instructor. One, two, or three hours or equivalent per week. One, two, or three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: senior standing and geology major or minor. Students initiate and conduct independent research. Students work with faculty advisor and produce written and oral progress reports throughout the semester culminating in a professional presentation at the end of the semester. Students must contact faculty advisor and discuss their research topic the semester prior to enrollment in this course. Course includes compilation of academic portfolio. One hour per week. One credit hour.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: senior standing in geology, consent and approval of assignment by advisor. Supervised professional experience related to students discipline with governmental agencies, industry, and consulting firms. Forty hours supervised work per credit hour. One, two, or three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced and specialized topics in the geological sciences, especially those of current interest. Refer to semester schedule for special topic offered. Credit will vary depending upon course topic. One, two, three, or four hours or equivalent per week. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ERSC 1303/1103, 3360. Detailed history of North America and its life forms as interpreted from rock and fossil records. Principles of interpretation, geologic and biologic succession of events, and advanced individual interpretation of geologic maps, with reports. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory (or equivalent) per week. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ERSC 3320, ERSC 3310, ERSC 3430, and ERSC 4411 or ERSC 3450. Advanced geologic mapping techniques. Three weeks of fieldwork and instruction at various locations in the United States. Three credit hours.
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