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Ideas and Controversies in the Geosciences |
EPSc 404 |
L19 |
| Great ideas and controversies in the geological sciences and how ideas change and become accepted in science. The format is part lecture, part discussion. Writing and oral presentation will be emphasized. Students will read primary sources, as well as book, journal, and Web-based historical accounts and interpretations. Among the topics to be addressed are: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics, Development of the Geological Time Scale, Age of the Earth, Mass Extinctions, and the Snowball Earth Hypothesis. |
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Prerequisites |
EPSc 352 & EPSc 353 (may be taken concurrently), or permission of instructor | |
| Schedule |
Three class hours | |
| Credit |
3 units | |
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