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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for mitigating and/or preventing them.? Out-of-class fieldtrip with a modest fee may be required.????
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3.00 Credits
Explores Earth's principal spheres (atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere) and their interactions with each other through time and space. Major areas of study are atmospheric and oceanic circulation, dynamics of climate, tectonic processes, and soil systems. Natural resource use and connections between humans and the physical landscape are also consistent themes.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the interaction between physical phenomena and human activity, the distribution of economic development, and the uniqueness of each world region. This course is appropriate for all students and has no prerequisites. The course is comprised of three hours of lecture per week.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the nature of scientific inquiry and fundamental concepts in earth history and evolution as shown by the most famous group of fossil organisms - Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are used to examine the methods of paleontology and geology, the process of evolution and extinction, and how dinosaurs have come to play a role in our popular culture and imagination. Fieldtrip(s) may be required.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the interaction between physical phenomena and human activity, the distribution of economic development, and the uniqueness of each world region. This course is appropriate for all students and has no prerequisites. The course is comprised of three hours of lecture per week.
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3.00 Credits
Examines contemporary environmental resource issues within a values, ethics, and decision-making framework. A selection of issues is examined within a natural sciences and social sciences (geographic) context, with a focus on raising student's awareness of the connections between (a) environmental values and ethics and (b) environmental resource use and management.?
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the origin, evolution, and physical properties of the planetary objects within the solar system, paying particular attention to their composition and dynamical properties, their relationships to each other, and prospects for extraterrestrial life. Emphasis will be placed on the results of recent and current exploratory space missions.
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3.00 Credits
Explores principles of Earth's internal and external processes through an examination of their manifestations as naturally-occurring disasters and the resultant impact on human life and property. This course is appropriate for all students.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the evidence for and root causes of climate change. Explores the predicted effects on society, including extreme weather, rising sea level, impacts on agriculture and food production, access to fresh water, reduction in biodiversity, the spread of disease, and others.? Finally, it examines proposed and implemented actions that can be taken to better prepare us for the changes and potentially reverse the worst outcomes.?
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to fundamentals of cannabis across history, culture, and industry. The course will cover Law and Policy, briefly explore medical cannabis, and discuss the cultivation process and life cycle of the plant. It will discuss the environmental challenges of growing the plant and best techniques to grow, harvest, process, and store the plant. Focus on cannabis management and what that could mean for global climate change will be discussed.
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