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4.00 Credits
Lecture and laboratory courses on special topics in chemistry and physics. Courses typically treat the development of science or a science, the links with culture and/or social issues, and the nature of scientific investigation in the laboratory. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
The structure of the ocean floor from the coastal cliffs to the mid-ocean ridges, movements of the sea floor, the characteristics of seawater, geophysical techniques for exploration of the sea floor, shoreline features, deep ocean basins. Prerequisite: SCI 140.
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3.00 Credits
Descriptions and explorations of earth's major climatic regions; common and rare climate events; climatic classification systems; interactions between climate and such events as glaciation, desert formation; effects of climate on the human body, housing, energy supply and demand; climatic change due to astronomical, geological and human processes; effects of climatic change on food supplies and land use; micro-climates. Prerequisite: SCI 120.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the earth's history: the origin and significance of fossils, the methods of correlation and the changes in relation of land to sea during the various geologic periods. The character and distribution of the deposits, the orogenic movements, the igneous activity, and the life and the economic products of each geologic period are stressed. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
The study of distant nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies through photographs taken by a Schmidt camera guided by a 32cm Cassegrain reflector; interpretation and description of photographs in astronomical terms; photographic study of planetary, spectral and stellar (binary and variable) areas. Prerequisites: SCI 116, a knowledge of photographic principles and techniques, and permission of instructor. Laboratory fee.
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4.00 Credits
Observation of the sun in both white light and in the light of hydrogen (6563.28A); observation and analysis of solar and terrestrial interactions; discussion of solar energy sources in light of neutrino emission; the implication of the Maunder, Wolf, and Sporer sunspot minima. Prerequisites: SCI 116; math, including introductory calculus; and permission of instructor. Laboratory fee.
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4.00 Credits
This is a field geology course that stresses collecting and identifying minerals, rocks, and fossils common to Connecticut and New York. Students will make use of specialized equipment for the purpose of preparing thin sections of selected rock specimens. There are lectures daily, followed by daylong and overnight field excursions. The course lasts for a two-week period.
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3.00 Credits
Different landforms produced by surface processes; Connecticut and New England landforms; volcanic, glacial, river, and shoreline landforms through satellite photos; aerial and satellite photography related to land-use planning. Prerequisites: SCI 140 and 240.
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3.00 Credits
Lectures, laboratories, or workshops in various areas of the earth or environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who have a special interest in astronomy, chronobiology, geology, meteorology, or radio communications. The topics investigated in this course are of a special nature and are not covered in other courses offered at the University.
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