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List of Courses Offered - Spring 2008

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academic programs
Projected Schedule of Courses

key:

 
note column:
Ug-R
Required of all undergraduate majors
Ug-G
Fulfills undergraduate Geology elective
Ug-GC
Fulfills undergraduate Geochemistry elective
Ug-GP
Fulfills undergraduate Geophysics/Remote Sensing elective
Ug-W
 Fulfills undergraduate writing-intensive elective
Br-G
Fulfills graduate Geology breadth requirement
Br-GB Fulfills graduate Geobiology breadth requirement
Br-GC
Fulfills graduate Geochemistry breadth requirement
Br-GP1
Fulfills graduate Geophysics breadth requirement
Br-GP2
Only one of these courses can be applied to fulfill graduate Geophysics breadth requirement
spring 2008 column: Instructor's name, for courses offered during the spring 2008 semester
building/room column:
E&PS = Earth & Planetary Sciences building
LS = Laboratory Sciences		 McD = McDonnell Hall
WH = Wilson Hall		   
      
 

link to Program Manual (pdf)

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Undergraduate Courses

course
no.
credit
hours
note
course name spring
2008		 room/
building		 days time
3
 
 Oceanography        
3
 
 Earth's Atmosphere W H Smith 203 E&PS MF 1:00-2:30
    Environmental Geology and Energy (summer only)        
3
 
 Oceans and Atmosphere        
3
 
 Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science        
3
 
 Geology of National Parks        
3
 
 The Dinosaurs: "Facts" and Fictions        
3
   Ring of Fire: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics        
3
   Natural Disasters        
3
 
 The Solar System Podosek TBA TuTh 11:30-1:00
4
Ug-R
Earth and the Environment Buchwaldt
A
B		 203 E&PS
204 E&PS
204 E&PS		 TuTh
M
Tu		 10:00-11:30
3:00-5:00
2:30-4:30
2
 
 Land Dynamics and the Environment        
2
 
 Case Study - Southwestern United States Arvidson TBA TBA TBA
3
 
 Epic of Evolution: Life, Earth, and the Cosmos Wysession, Bernard, & Goodenough TBA MWF 1:00-2:00
3
 
 Resources of the Earth Pasteris 204 E&PS TuTh 1:00-2:30
4
 
 Environmental Science        
4
 
 Human Use of the Earth        
3
 
 Introduction to Astrobiology        
2
 
 Case Study - Hawaii        
3
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Biogeochemistry Catalano 204 E&PS TuTh 11:30-1:00
5
Ug-R
Br-G
Earth Materials        
4
Ug-R
Br-GP2
Earth Forces Wiens & Wysession
A
B		 204 E&PS
204 E&PS
TBA		 MWF
Th
TBA		 10:00-11:00
2:30-4:30
TBA
3
 
 Independent Study        
1
  Topics in the Geosciences - Sec. 1: TBA        
3
 Topics in the Geosciences - Sec. 2: TBA        
3
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Earth Systems Science Fegley 184 E&PS TuTh 1:00-2:30
 
 
 Directed Research        
3
 Ug-W Ideas and Controversies in the Geosciences Pasteris & Wiens 333 E&PS MW 1:00-2:30
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP2
Remote Sensing Arvidson 282 E&PS TuTh 8:00-9:30
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP2
Earth's Atmosphere and Global Climate W H Smith 333 E&PS MF 10:00-11:30
3
Ug-G
Br-G
Surface Processes        
3
Ug-GP
Earth Remote Sensing Methods and Instrumentation        
3
 Ug-G
Br-G 		Introduction to Soil Science        
3
Ug-G
Paleobiology        
3
Ug-G
Br-G
Sedimentary Geology        
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP2
Hydrology        
4
Ug-G
Br-G
Environmental Mineralogy        
3
Ug-G
Petrography        
4
Ug-G
Br-G
Introduction to Petrology        
3
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Introduction to Geochemistry        
4
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Environmental Geochemistry        
3
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Stable Isotope Geochemistry Criss 102 E&PS MWF 9:00-10:00
3
Ug-GC
 Microbes and the Environment        
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP1
Introduction to Seismology        
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP1
Interior of the Earth        
4
Ug-GP
Br-GP1
Exploration and Environmental Geophysics        
3
Ug-GP
Br-GP1
Geodynamics Solomatov 333 E&PS TuTh 10:00-11:30
4
   Introduction to Structural Geology Buchwaldt 204 E&PS
204 E&PS		 MF
F		 11:30-1:00
3:00-5:00
4
Ug-G
Br-G
 Field and Structural Geology        
3
Ug-G
Br-G
Planetary Geology McKinnon 282 E&PS TuTh 2:30-4:00
3
Ug-GC
Br-GC
Planetary Geochemistry        
3
Ug-GC
Special Topics in Microbiology, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences        
3
Ug-G
Br-G
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction J R Smith 282 E&PS MW 2:30-4:00
variable
   Independent Study        
3
Ug-W
Undergraduate Research Seminar        
3
 
 Honors Research        
 
 Ug-R
 field camp        

Graduate Level Courses

course
no.
credit
hours
note
course name spring
2008		 room/
building		 days time
3
 
 Special Topics in the Geosciences - Sec. 1: Exploration of Mars        
         
3
Ug-G
Br-G
Advanced Physical Geology        
3
   Geobiochemical Cycles        
1-3
   Advanced Vertebrate Paleontology Seminar        
3
 
 Chemical Petrology Dymek TBA TBA TBA
3
 
 Methods of Geochemistry        
3
Br-GC
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry        
3
 
 Fluid-Driven Geochemistry        
3
Br-GC
Geochemistry        
3
Br-GP1
Geophysical Data Analysis        
3
   Geophysical Fluid Dynamics        
3
 
 Advanced Geodynamics        
3
 
 Advanced Seismology        
3
   Large Scale Structural Geology        
3
Br-G
Regional Geology of North America        
3
Br-GC
Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria        
3
Br-GP1
Planetary Geophysics and Dynamics McKinnon 333 E&PS TuTh 11:30-1:00
3
 
 Meteorites        
3
   Advanced Planetary Geology        
4
 
 Advanced Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction J R Smith 282 E&PS
TBA		 MW
TBA		 2:30-4:00
TBA
1-12
 
 Independent Study        
1-12
   Graduate Research Project        
1-12
 
 Research        
1
 
 (Graduate Research) Seminar        


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