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Geography:
| GEOG 1100 |
Globalization |
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3 credits |
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Linkages between spatial processes and social, cultural, economic, political and environmental change around the world today. Focus on theory and impacts of globablization through case studies at the local, regional, national and international scales. |
| GEOG 1300 |
Climate, Weather and the Environment |
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3 Credits |
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Interactions between weather and climate and the human and natural environment. Emphasis on understanding the linkages between natural processes and societal/environmental issues. |
| GEOG 1302 |
GIS Modeling of Environmental Change |
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4 credits |
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An introduction to environmental processes and patterns, especially assessing change in environmental systems using spatial analysis techniques. Students will map field sites using Global Positioning System technology and aerial photographs, collect field data on various environmental systems, and build and test a Geographical Information System-based environmental model. |
| GEOG 1700 |
World Regional Geography |
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3 credits |
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An introduction to environmental processes and patterns, especially assessing change in environmental systems using spatial analysis techniques. Students will map field sites using Global Positioning System technology and aerial photographs, collect field data on various environmental systems, and build and test a Geographical Information System-based environmental model. |
| GEOG 2300 |
Introduction to Physical Geography |
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3 Credits Open
to Sophomores or higher |
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The physical elements and processes of the lithosphere,
hydrosphere and atmosphere are considered in relation
to one another and to the distribution of the world’s
environments. Emphasis on the basic concepts and theories
of physical geography. |
| GEOG 3400 |
Climate and Weather |
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3 Credits Open
to Juniors or higher |
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Analysis of atmospheric processes giving rise to weather
systems and climatic patterns. The dynamic integration of
atmospheric systems is emphasized. |
| GEOG 3310 |
Fluvial Geomorphology |
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3 Credits Req’s:
GEOG 205, GEOL 102,
or BIOL108
Open
to Juniors or higher |
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Physical forms and processes associated with rivers. Factors
controlling open-channel flow, sediment transport, channel
morphology, adjustments of rivers to environmental change,
and human impacts. River management and restoration strategies |
| GEOG 3410 |
Human Modifications of Natural Environments |
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3 Credits Open
to Junrios or higher |
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A geographical and historical interpretation of the changing
relationships between culture and environment. Emphasis
on the modification of the biophysical environment by preagriculture,
agriculture and urban societies in Europe, southwest Asia,
and North America. |
| GEOG 3340 |
Environmental Planning and Management |
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3 Credits Open
to Juniors or higher
Recommended
prep: GEOG 236 |
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The basic elements of the conflict between human
environments and natural systems are considered, along with
the methods of analysis and resolution of problems caused
by that conflict. Emphasis on public policy related to environmental
issues. |
| GEOG 3320W |
Environmental Evaluation and Assessment |
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3 Credits Req’s:
ENGL 105, 111, or 250
Open
to Juniors or higher |
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Concepts and methods of environmental analysis in
contemporary geography. Emphasis on the ecological impact
of human activities and on the evaluation and assessment
of existing and future environments. |
| GEOG 3330W |
Environmental Restoration |
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3 Credits
Req’s: GEOG 205 or GEOL 102 or
BIOL
108 and
ENGL 105, 110, 111, or 250
Open
to Juniors or higher |
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Restoration of natural environments including rivers,
wetlands, coastal areas, grasslands, and forests. Theoretical
discussions of restoration ecology, management and engineering
concerns. History of environmental restoration; relevant
policy debates, specific case studies of river, wetland,
coastal, grassland, and forest restoration. |
Geology & Geophysics:
| GEOL 1000 |
Introductory Environmental Geology |
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3 Credits |
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Designed for the nonscience major. Applied geologic
principles and processes. Environmental hazards, mineral
resources and water problems affecting land use. |
| GEOL 1051 |
Earth & Life Through Time |
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3 Credits |
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For students who later complete GEOL 107, this course will be converted from a Group III Non-Laboratory course to a Group III Laboratory course. History of planet Earth, emphasizing how rock, air, water, and life interact at different scales to produce the earth’s crust, landforms, life systems, natural resources, catastrophes, and climate regimes. Provides a scientific context for human-induced global change. |
| GEOL 1050 |
Earth & Life Through Time |
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4 credits |
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History of planet Earth, emphasizing how rock, air, water,
and life interact at different scales to produce the earth’s
crust, landforms, life systems, natural resources, catastrophes,
and climate regimes. Provides a scientific context for human-induced
global change. Includes laboratory component. (See GEOL
107) |
| GEOL 1052 |
Lab in Earth and Life Through Time |
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3 Credits |
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Laboratory complement to GEOL 103. Provides an
opportunity to work with specimens (minerals, fossils, rocks),
terrain images, maps, physical models, and simulation experiments.
Includes two local field trips. |
| GEOL 3990 |
Spring Break Field Trip |
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Variable Credits Prerequisite: GEOL 250, 251, 252,
and 253, one of which may be taken concurrently. |
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Spring field trip during spring break, and supporting research. First 7 weeks: background readings from primary literature and secondary literature. Seven weeks following trip: supervised laboratory research using field samples. One or more short research papers and presentation to the department.
Students in Spring 2005 spent spring break in Puerto Rico. |
| GEOL 3710 |
Engineering and Environmental Geology |
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3 Credits No
Sophomores
Recommended
prep:
GEOL 101 or 102 |
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Application of geological principles to engineering and
environmental problems. Topics include site investigation,
geologic hazards, slope processes, earthquakes, subsidence,
and the engineering properties of geologic materials. Course
intended for both geology and engineering majors. |
| GEOL 4735C |
Intro to Groundwater Hydrology |
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4 Credits Req’s:
MATH 114Q, 116Q, or
121Q and GEOL 102
Open
to Juniors or higher |
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Basic hydrological principles with emphasis on hydrologic
and geologic relationships, use of quantitative techniques. |
| GEOL 4750 |
Chemical Hydrogeology |
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4 Credits Req’s:
GEOL 234C and
CHEM 127 and 128
No
sophomores |
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Chemical processes controlling the composition of unpolluted
and polluted natural waters. Field and laboratory analytical
techniques. Equilibria, reaction, and transport models of
the chemical interactions, groundwater and the media through
which it travels. Applications of geochemical processes
and principles understanding to the mitigation of environmental
problems. |
| GEOL 3020 |
Earth Surface Processes |
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3 Credits Req’s:
GEOL 102, Juniors or higher |
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Processes responsible for the formation of the
unconsolidated materials, landforms, and soils which constitute
the Earth’s surface. Introduction to surface water
and groundwater hydrology, geological hazards and the effects
of climatic change. |
History:
| HIST 2206 |
History of Science |
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3 credits |
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Development of modern science and technology in relation to culture, politics, and social issues |
| HIST 3204 (W) |
Science and Social Issues in the Modern World |
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3 credits |
Open to Juniors or higher |
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Social context of science in the United States and Europe since 1850. Genetics and eugenics; ecology and the environment; nuclear issues; gender, race, and science. |
| HIST 3540 |
American Environmental History |
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3 credits |
Open to Juniors or higher |
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Transformations of the North American environment: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. |
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