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Course Offerings

The geological sciences use diverse and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of complex physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring on and within the earth. The undergraduate program combines fundamental background in mathematics, physics, and chemistry with courses applying these techniques to geological problems. Undergraduates are encouraged to select individual programs reflecting their scientific interests and career goals, whether graduate study in the earth sciences, professional employment, or advanced study in areas such as management or law.

 

Academic Year 2009-10

Fall Quarter 2009

102

Jurdy

Death of the Dinosaurs (Freshman Seminar)

102 Stein Freshman Seminar
106 Blair The Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Our Climate
111 Lerman Human Dimensions of Global Change
201 Sageman Surface Processes
310 Jacobson Introductory Aqueous Geochemistry
315 Lerman Geochemistry of Global Environments

350

Bina

Physics of the Earth (ISP)

440

Hurtgen

Advanced Topics in Geochemistry

462 Okal Advanced Topics in Seismology

Winter Quarter 2010

107

Jurdy

Our Dynamic Planet

114

Sageman

Evolution and the Scientific Method

202 Stein Earth's Interior
314 Blair Organic Geochemistry

316

Lerman

Earth's Changing Climate

320 Okal Global Tectonics

321

Jurdy

Reflection Seismology

360 Beddows/Van der Lee Instrumentation and Field Methods

438

Jacobsen Advanced topics in Geophysics - Water in the Solar System

451

McInerney Advanced topics in Paleoclimate - Stable Isotope Ecology and Paleoecology

Spring Quarter 2010

101

Jacobson

Earth Systems Revealed

102 Axford Global Warming: The Scientific Evidence

103

Okal

Geologic Hazards

105

Hurtgen

Climate Catastrophes in Earth History

203 Klapper Earth System History
300 Jacobsen Earth & Planetary Materials
317 Blair Biogeochemistry

326

Stein

Data Analysis for Earth and Planetary Sciences

340

McInerney Paleobiology
438 Van der Lee Advanced Topics in Geophysics
450 Hurtgen Advanced Topics in Geological Sciences

 



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