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GEOEE 406 SAMPLING AND MONITORING OF THE GEO-ENVIRONMENT Issues Of Sampling, Analysis, Monitoring And Control Techniques For Effective Environmental Management In The Extractive Industries. Credits: (3)
GEOEE 408 CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY Groundwater Flow And Transport; Agents Of Contamination; Aquifer Character- Ization And Remediation; Case Studies. Credits: (3)
GEOEE 412 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY A Laboratory Study Of The Principles Involved In The Characterization And Remediation Of Process Wastes. Those Students Who Are Scheduled For Mn Pr 413 May Not Take This Course. Credits: (1)
GEOEE 427 POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES Development Of Multimedia Pollution Control Strategies For The Mineral, Metallurgical Processing, And Fossil Fuel Industries. Credits: (3)
GEOG 010 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION Survey And Synthesis Of Processes Creating Geographical Patterns Of Natural Resources, With Application Of Basic Environmental Processes In Resource Management. Credits: (3)
GEOG 020 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION Spatial Perspective On Human Societies In A Modernizing World; Regional Examples; Use Of Space And Environmental Resources; Elements Of Geographic Planning. Credits: (3)
GEOG 030 GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS Introduction to theory, methods, history and contemporary issues in global and regional relationships between human activity and the physical environment. Credits: (3) Course web site
GEOG 110 CLIMATES OF THE WORLD Introduction to climatology, including principal processes of the global climatic system and their variation over space and time Credits: (3)
GEOG 111 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL ECOLOGY Distribution of plants and animals on global, regional, and local scales; their causes and significance. Credits: (3)
GEOG 130 ENVIRONMENT, POWER, AND JUSTICE This course explores contemporary themes in human-environment relations through the lens of political ecology. Credits: (3)
GEOG 160 MAPPING OUR CHANGING WORLD Fundamental concepts of GIS, cartography, remote sensing, and GPS in the context of environmental and social problems. Credits: (3)
GEOG 310W INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATIC SYSTEMS Introduction to global atmospheric circulation, including tropical, midlatitude and polar subsystems; ocean, land, cryospheric and urban climatic systems and interactions. Credits: (3)
GEOG 311 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY This course examines the ways in which spatial patterns and spatial processes operate in an ecological context. Credits: (3)
GEOG 313 INTRODUCTION TO FIELD GEOGRAPHY Introduction to the methods and techniques for collecting spatial and environmental data for physical geography and ecological studies. Credits: (3)
GEOG 333 HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF NATURAL HAZARDS An introduction to social science principles and methodologies to address critical questions relating to managing the risks of natural hazards. Credits: (3)
GEOG 407 AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY The history of the ways Americans have used and thought about the environment since 1500. Credits: (3)
GEOG 411 FOREST GEOGRAPHY This course studies processes that control spatial and temporal change in forests. Credits: (3)
GEOG 412W CLIMATIC CHANGE AND VARIABILITY Theories and observations of past, present, and future climatic change and variability; introduction to techniques used in climatic change research. Credits: (3)
GEOG 417 SATELLITE CLIMATOLOGY A discussion of the application of satellite data to current and planned large-scale climate experiments. Credits: (3)
GEOG 430 HUMAN USE OF ENVIRONMENT The human use of resources and ecosystems and social causes and consequences of environmental degradation in different parts of the world; development of environmental policy and management strategies. Credits: (3) Course web site
GEOG 431 GEOGRAPHY OF WATER RESOURCES Perspectives on water as a resource and hazard for human society; water resource issues in environmental and regional planning. Credits: (3) Course web site
GEOG 434 POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT This course explores politics related to the use, transformation, valuation, and representation of the environment. Credits: (3)
GEOG 435H GLOBAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY - BULGARIA Sustainability in the context of climate change, global socioeconomic change and regional transformation in Bulgaria; embedded foreign fieldwork (honors). Credits: (3)
GEOG 436 ECOLOGY, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY Analyses of major themes in ecology and economic development, poverty- alleviation, and sustainability. Credits: (3)
GEOG 438W HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF POTENTIAL GLOBAL WARMING Human dimensions of global environmental change: human causes; human adaptations; and policy implications of global warming. Credits: (3)
GEOG 444 AFRICAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT Ecological and cultural factors in the geography of Africa; natural resources and development. Credits: (3)
GEOG 487 ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GIS Simulated internship experience in which students play the role of GIS analysts in an environmental consultancy. Credits: (3)
GEOG 497C GEOGRAPHIES OF JUSTICE: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT This course will examine the origins of social and environmental justice in the United States and their application globally. Credits: (3)
GEOG 587 CONSERVATION GIS Conservation GIS applies geospatial problem solving to ecological research and resource management issues to enhance conservation planning. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 010 GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS to geology, geological change, and environmental hazards, as seen in the National Parks. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 020L PLANET EARTH Nontechnical presentation of earth processes, materials, and landscape. Practicum includes field trips, study of maps, rocks, and dynamic models, introduction to geologic experimentation. (this course includes from one to several field trips for which an additional charge will be made to cover transportation.) LECTURE Credits: (3)
GEOSC 021 EARTH AND LIFE: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION Introduction to the origin and evolution of life on Earth from the perspective of geologic time and the fossil record. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 040 THE SEA AROUND US Introduction to marine science, including physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of oceanography; the sea as a multipurpose natural resource. LECTURE Credits: (3)
GEOSC 202 CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN GEOLOGY An In-Depth Examination Of The Application Of Chemical Principles To Geological Processes. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 203 PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN GEOLOGY An In-Depth Examination Of Various Physical Processes That Operate Within And At The Surface Of The Earth. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 204 GEOBIOLOGY An Introduction To How Biological Processes And Materials Are Used To Solve Geological Problems. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 303 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY Origin Of Earth And Earth Materials; Natural Resources, Geologic Barriers And Hazards, And Relationships To Human Use Of The Environment. (This Course Includes From One To Several Field Trips For Which An Additional Charge Will Be Made To Cover Transportation.) Credits: (3)
GEOSC 320 GEOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Geologic Evidence For Climate Change And Mechanisms Of Change, Especially From The Ice Age Through The Near Future. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 340 GEOMORPHOLOGY Physical And Chemical Processes Operating At The Earth's Surface And Their Resulting Landforms. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 402W NATURAL DISASTERS Case Studies Of The Causes And Consequences Of Natural Disasters; Analysis Of Disaster Impact In Different Economic, Cultural, And Social Conditions. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 412 WATER RESOURCES GEOCHEMISTRY Aqueous Geochemistry Of Silica, Alumina, Carbonate Minerals, And Selected Metals; Organic Species In Water; Isotope Geochemistry Applied To Water. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 413W TECHNIQUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY This Course Teaches Techniques Needed For The Collection, Chemical Analysis, And Data Analysis Of Environmental Geochemical Measurements. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 415 GEOCHEMISTRY Element abundance and genesis, application of chemical principles to earth materials, element fractionation in geologic processes. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 416 STABLE AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN GEOSCIENCES: INTRODUCTION Discussions On Theories For Natural Isotopic And Element Variations And Their Applications To The Solution Of Geologic And Cosmologic Problems. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 418 SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Introduction To Chemical Constituents And Processes Occurring In Soils. Topics Include Mineral Weathering, Soil Solution Chemistry And Adsorption Of Solutes. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 419 THE ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS AND SEDIMENTS Composition, Sources, And Fates Of Particulate And Dissolved Organic Matter In Natural Environments; Biogeochemical Processes; Organic Geochemistry Of Anthropogenic Contaminants. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 420 PALEOBOTANY Classification, morphology, phylogeny, and stratigraphic occurrence of fossil plants; practicum includes field trips and study of paleobotanical techniques and specimens. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 424 PALEONTOLOGY AND FOSSILS Concepts and precedures using fossils to solve problems in systematics, evolution, biostratigraphy, correlation, sedimentation, paleoecology, and global change. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 428 MICROPALEONTOLOGY Biology and ecology of microfaunas and microfloras (e.g., foraminifera, coccolithophores, radiolaria, diatoms, dinoflagellates) and applications in biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 440 MARINE GEOLOGY Chemical And Physical Processes Affecting The Topography And Sediments Of The Sea Floor. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 445 COASTAL GEOLOGY A Field Course Dealing With The Processes Operative In The Environmental Systems Of A Segment Of The Mid-Atlantic Coast. Credits: (4)
GEOSC 451 NATURAL RESOURCES: ORIGINS, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Geologic, economic and environmental issues related to exploitation of non-renewable natural resources (metals, minerals, rocks, and fossil fuels). Credits: (3)
GEOSC 452 INTRODUCTION TO HYDROGEOLOGY Hydrologic Cycle: Occurrence, Movement, Quality, And Quantity Of Groundwater; Quantitative Geologic And Hydrologic Methods; RolHydrologic Cycle: Occurrence, Movement, Quality, And Quantity Of Groundwater; Quantitative Geologic And Hydrologic Methods; Role Of Water In Geologic Processes. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student. e Of Credits: (3)
GEOSC 475W GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES The Study Of Earth's Major Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Sulfur) In The Context Of The Climate System. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 483 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS This Course Presents The Principles And Applications Of The Variety Of Techniques Geophysicists Use To Address Environmental Problems. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 502 EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE The geologic history of the co-evolution of life and the surface environment is examined from a systems perspective. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 505 QUANTITATIVE PHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGY Principles of fluid mechanics and mathematical modeling; their use in describing sediment transport, sedimentary structures, and sedimentary environments. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 513 SOIL PROCESSES: CHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL Colloid chemistry of soils; (a)biotic aspects of mineral formation/dissolution and redox reactions in soils; biogeochemical processes affecting elemental cycles. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 518 STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY Theory of isotope fractionation mechanisms; its application to a wide range of problems in the earth and planetary sciences. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 519 MINERAL EQUILIBRIA A thermodynamic treatment of minerals and their reactions under geochemically important conditions of temperature and pressure. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 522 GEOCHEMISTRY OF AQUEOUS SYSTEMS Ionic and molecular equilibria related to stabilities and solubilities of minerals, with applications to ground water, sea water, and hydrothermal fluids. Ionic and molecular equilibria related to stabilities and solubilities of minerals, with applications to ground water, sea water, and hydrothermal fluids. Credits: ((2-3))
GEOSC 523 SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY Kinetics and thermodynamics of low-temperature processes in sediments. Applications to weathering processes, natural waters, deposition of sediments, and diagenesis. Credits: (2)
GEOSC 529 PALEONTOLOGY Morphology and distribution of significant fossil groups; sampling, preparation, and applications to biostatigraphy, evolution, paleoecology, sedimentation, and petrography. Credits: ((1-6))
GEOSC 542 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HYDROGEOLOGY QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HYDROGEOLOGY Investigation of groundwater systems and resources, emphasizing both the practical use and limitations of modeling techniques. Credits: ((1-4))
GEOSC 543 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY A multidisciplinary study of the impact of man-induced stress on the environment. Credits: ((1-3))
GEOSC 548 SURFACE PROCESSES Principles, application, and interpretation of Quaternary geochronology, surface process studies, and landscape evolution. Credits: (3)
GEOSC 588 OCEANS AND CLIMATE SEMINAR A focussed discussion on some aspect of the ocean's role in the climate system. Theme to vary from semester to semester. Credits: (2)
GEOSC 589 SEMINAR IN AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY A seminar aimed at reading current articles in aqueous geochemistry and biogeochemistry. Credits: (1)

GEOEE 406 SAMPLING AND MONITORING OF THE GEO-ENVIRONMENT
Issues Of Sampling, Analysis, Monitoring And Control Techniques For Effective Environmental Management In The Extractive Industries.
Credits: (3)

GEOEE 408 CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY
Groundwater Flow And Transport; Agents Of Contamination; Aquifer Character- Ization And Remediation; Case Studies.
Credits: (3)

GEOEE 412 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
A Laboratory Study Of The Principles Involved In The Characterization And Remediation Of Process Wastes. Those Students Who Are Scheduled For Mn Pr 413 May Not Take This Course.
Credits: (1)

GEOEE 427 POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
Development Of Multimedia Pollution Control Strategies For The Mineral, Metallurgical Processing, And Fossil Fuel Industries.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 010 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION
Survey And Synthesis Of Processes Creating Geographical Patterns Of Natural Resources, With Application Of Basic Environmental Processes In Resource Management.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 020 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: AN INTRODUCTION
Spatial Perspective On Human Societies In A Modernizing World; Regional Examples; Use Of Space And Environmental Resources; Elements Of Geographic Planning.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 030 GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS
Introduction to theory, methods, history and contemporary issues in global and regional relationships between human activity and the physical environment.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

GEOG 110 CLIMATES OF THE WORLD
Introduction to climatology, including principal processes of the global climatic system and their variation over space and time
Credits: (3)

GEOG 111 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL ECOLOGY
Distribution of plants and animals on global, regional, and local scales; their causes and significance.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 130 ENVIRONMENT, POWER, AND JUSTICE
This course explores contemporary themes in human-environment relations through the lens of political ecology.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 160 MAPPING OUR CHANGING WORLD
Fundamental concepts of GIS, cartography, remote sensing, and GPS in the context of environmental and social problems.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 310W INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATIC SYSTEMS
Introduction to global atmospheric circulation, including tropical, midlatitude and polar subsystems; ocean, land, cryospheric and urban climatic systems and interactions.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 311 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
This course examines the ways in which spatial patterns and spatial processes operate in an ecological context.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 313 INTRODUCTION TO FIELD GEOGRAPHY
Introduction to the methods and techniques for collecting spatial and environmental data for physical geography and ecological studies.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 333 HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF NATURAL HAZARDS
An introduction to social science principles and methodologies to address critical questions relating to managing the risks of natural hazards.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 407 AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
The history of the ways Americans have used and thought about the environment since 1500.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 411 FOREST GEOGRAPHY
This course studies processes that control spatial and temporal change in forests.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 412W CLIMATIC CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
Theories and observations of past, present, and future climatic change and variability; introduction to techniques used in climatic change research.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 417 SATELLITE CLIMATOLOGY
A discussion of the application of satellite data to current and planned large-scale climate experiments.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 430 HUMAN USE OF ENVIRONMENT
The human use of resources and ecosystems and social causes and consequences of environmental degradation in different parts of the world; development of environmental policy and management strategies.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

GEOG 431 GEOGRAPHY OF WATER RESOURCES
Perspectives on water as a resource and hazard for human society; water resource issues in environmental and regional planning.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

GEOG 434 POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
This course explores politics related to the use, transformation, valuation, and representation of the environment.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 435H GLOBAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY - BULGARIA
Sustainability in the context of climate change, global socioeconomic change and regional transformation in Bulgaria; embedded foreign fieldwork (honors).
Credits: (3)

GEOG 436 ECOLOGY, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY
Analyses of major themes in ecology and economic development, poverty- alleviation, and sustainability.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 438W HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF POTENTIAL GLOBAL WARMING
Human dimensions of global environmental change: human causes; human adaptations; and policy implications of global warming.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 444 AFRICAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Ecological and cultural factors in the geography of Africa; natural resources and development.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 487 ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GIS
Simulated internship experience in which students play the role of GIS analysts in an environmental consultancy.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 497C GEOGRAPHIES OF JUSTICE: ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT
This course will examine the origins of social and environmental justice in the United States and their application globally.
Credits: (3)

GEOG 587 CONSERVATION GIS
Conservation GIS applies geospatial problem solving to ecological research and resource management issues to enhance conservation planning.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 010 GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
to geology, geological change, and environmental hazards, as seen in the National Parks.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 020L PLANET EARTH
Nontechnical presentation of earth processes, materials, and landscape. Practicum includes field trips, study of maps, rocks, and dynamic models, introduction to geologic experimentation. (this course includes from one to several field trips for which an additional charge will be made to cover transportation.) LECTURE
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 021 EARTH AND LIFE: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
Introduction to the origin and evolution of life on Earth from the perspective of geologic time and the fossil record.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 040 THE SEA AROUND US
Introduction to marine science, including physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of oceanography; the sea as a multipurpose natural resource. LECTURE
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 202 CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN GEOLOGY
An In-Depth Examination Of The Application Of Chemical Principles To Geological Processes.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 203 PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN GEOLOGY
An In-Depth Examination Of Various Physical Processes That Operate Within And At The Surface Of The Earth.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 204 GEOBIOLOGY
An Introduction To How Biological Processes And Materials Are Used To Solve Geological Problems.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 303 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Origin Of Earth And Earth Materials; Natural Resources, Geologic Barriers And Hazards, And Relationships To Human Use Of The Environment. (This Course Includes From One To Several Field Trips For Which An Additional Charge Will Be Made To Cover Transportation.)
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 320 GEOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Geologic Evidence For Climate Change And Mechanisms Of Change, Especially From The Ice Age Through The Near Future.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 340 GEOMORPHOLOGY
Physical And Chemical Processes Operating At The Earth's Surface And Their Resulting Landforms. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 402W NATURAL DISASTERS
Case Studies Of The Causes And Consequences Of Natural Disasters; Analysis Of Disaster Impact In Different Economic, Cultural, And Social Conditions.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 412 WATER RESOURCES GEOCHEMISTRY
Aqueous Geochemistry Of Silica, Alumina, Carbonate Minerals, And Selected Metals; Organic Species In Water; Isotope Geochemistry Applied To Water.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 413W TECHNIQUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY
This Course Teaches Techniques Needed For The Collection, Chemical Analysis, And Data Analysis Of Environmental Geochemical Measurements. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 415 GEOCHEMISTRY
Element abundance and genesis, application of chemical principles to earth materials, element fractionation in geologic processes.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 416 STABLE AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN GEOSCIENCES: INTRODUCTION
Discussions On Theories For Natural Isotopic And Element Variations And Their Applications To The Solution Of Geologic And Cosmologic Problems.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 418 SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Introduction To Chemical Constituents And Processes Occurring In Soils. Topics Include Mineral Weathering, Soil Solution Chemistry And Adsorption Of Solutes.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 419 THE ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF NATURAL WATERS AND SEDIMENTS
Composition, Sources, And Fates Of Particulate And Dissolved Organic Matter In Natural Environments; Biogeochemical Processes; Organic Geochemistry Of Anthropogenic Contaminants.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 420 PALEOBOTANY
Classification, morphology, phylogeny, and stratigraphic occurrence of fossil plants; practicum includes field trips and study of paleobotanical techniques and specimens.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 424 PALEONTOLOGY AND FOSSILS
Concepts and precedures using fossils to solve problems in systematics, evolution, biostratigraphy, correlation, sedimentation, paleoecology, and global change.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 428 MICROPALEONTOLOGY
Biology and ecology of microfaunas and microfloras (e.g., foraminifera, coccolithophores, radiolaria, diatoms, dinoflagellates) and applications in biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 440 MARINE GEOLOGY
Chemical And Physical Processes Affecting The Topography And Sediments Of The Sea Floor.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 445 COASTAL GEOLOGY
A Field Course Dealing With The Processes Operative In The Environmental Systems Of A Segment Of The Mid-Atlantic Coast.
Credits: (4)

GEOSC 451 NATURAL RESOURCES: ORIGINS, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Geologic, economic and environmental issues related to exploitation of non-renewable natural resources (metals, minerals, rocks, and fossil fuels).
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 452 INTRODUCTION TO HYDROGEOLOGY
Hydrologic Cycle: Occurrence, Movement, Quality, And Quantity Of Groundwater; Quantitative Geologic And Hydrologic Methods; RolHydrologic Cycle: Occurrence, Movement, Quality, And Quantity Of Groundwater; Quantitative Geologic And Hydrologic Methods; Role Of Water In Geologic Processes. This Course Has One Or More Required Field Trips For Which A Fee Is Charged To The Student. e Of
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 475W GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
The Study Of Earth's Major Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Sulfur) In The Context Of The Climate System.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 483 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS
This Course Presents The Principles And Applications Of The Variety Of Techniques Geophysicists Use To Address Environmental Problems.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 502 EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE
The geologic history of the co-evolution of life and the surface environment is examined from a systems perspective.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 505 QUANTITATIVE PHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGY
Principles of fluid mechanics and mathematical modeling; their use in describing sediment transport, sedimentary structures, and sedimentary environments.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 513 SOIL PROCESSES: CHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL
Colloid chemistry of soils; (a)biotic aspects of mineral formation/dissolution and redox reactions in soils; biogeochemical processes affecting elemental cycles.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 518 STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
Theory of isotope fractionation mechanisms; its application to a wide range of problems in the earth and planetary sciences.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 519 MINERAL EQUILIBRIA
A thermodynamic treatment of minerals and their reactions under geochemically important conditions of temperature and pressure.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 522 GEOCHEMISTRY OF AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
Ionic and molecular equilibria related to stabilities and solubilities of minerals, with applications to ground water, sea water, and hydrothermal fluids. Ionic and molecular equilibria related to stabilities and solubilities of minerals, with applications to ground water, sea water, and hydrothermal fluids.
Credits: ((2-3))

GEOSC 523 SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY
Kinetics and thermodynamics of low-temperature processes in sediments. Applications to weathering processes, natural waters, deposition of sediments, and diagenesis.
Credits: (2)

GEOSC 529 PALEONTOLOGY
Morphology and distribution of significant fossil groups; sampling, preparation, and applications to biostatigraphy, evolution, paleoecology, sedimentation, and petrography.
Credits: ((1-6))

GEOSC 542 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HYDROGEOLOGY QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HYDROGEOLOGY
Investigation of groundwater systems and resources, emphasizing both the practical use and limitations of modeling techniques.
Credits: ((1-4))

GEOSC 543 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
A multidisciplinary study of the impact of man-induced stress on the environment.
Credits: ((1-3))

GEOSC 548 SURFACE PROCESSES
Principles, application, and interpretation of Quaternary geochronology, surface process studies, and landscape evolution.
Credits: (3)

GEOSC 588 OCEANS AND CLIMATE SEMINAR
A focussed discussion on some aspect of the ocean's role in the climate system. Theme to vary from semester to semester.
Credits: (2)

GEOSC 589 SEMINAR IN AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY
A seminar aimed at reading current articles in aqueous geochemistry and biogeochemistry.
Credits: (1)

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