A field camp to introduce students to field equipment and methodologies used by earth and environmental scientists. Most of this course occurs outside...
Advanced treatment of geographic information systems (GIS) focusing on raster data models and techniques. Real-world problem solving emphasizes site...
The integration of academic learning with an employment or a volunteer experience, providing students the opportunity to explore careers and develop...
Introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology, including thin section examination of rock suites, use of phase diagrams in petrology, and...
Focuses on the physical and chemical processes occurring in lakes and how those processes affect, and are affected by, the biological components of...
Cold environments including climatic and hydrological setting, landforms, vegetation and associated development problems. Three lectures; one term ...
Focus on the primary mechanisms controlling the distribution, transport and fate of contaminants, particularly organic contaminants, throughout the...
Carbonate stratigraphy, depositional environments (fossil reefs) and their geological evolution. Two lectures, one lab (three hours); one term ...
Dating methods relevant to processes and features of the bio-, geo-, hydro-, and atmospheres. Application to current environmental threats are...
Review of approaches to the formulation of research questions, and to the gathering and interpretation of evidence, using a variety of environmental...
Advanced treatment of geographic data and organization, descriptive and inferential spatial statistics. Labs involve the extensive use of GIS...
Aerial photography. Passive and active satellite direction systems. Image processing and interpretation procedures. Application to resource...
Chemistry of the earth including formation of the solar system and the earth, water rock chemical interaction at the earth's surface, chemistry of...
Use of simple numerical models applied to solving environmental problems related to anthropogenic perturbations. Introduction to STELLA numerical...
Introduction to principles and applications of geophysics in groundwater and environmental investigations. Practical demonstrations in magnetics,...
Mechanisms and processes of water movement in the subsurface including the saturated zone (groundwater) and the unsaturated zone (soil water). Two...
Introduction to mapping and geometric description of geologic structures and analysis of stress and strain in the subsurface. Two lectures, one lab...
A course that emphasizes a watershed ecosystems approach to interactions of hydrological, ecological and biogeochemical processes in the study of the...
This course develops energy and mass exchange processes in the near surface layer, the lower atmosphere and at the earth-atmosphere interface....
Stable isotopes are widely used in modern earth and environmental sciences because of their unique chemical properties that enable us to trace past...