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GSWS 1141 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat a specific topic in gender, sexuality, and/or women’s studies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1142 - FEMINIST THEORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide a critical analysis of gender from a variety of feminist perspectives, with particular attention to shifts and changes in this and related categories.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1150 - GLOBAL FEMINISMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class will look at the situation of women in international perspective. We will examine how feminist organizations operate in difficult national and local contexts and how women’s rights have been addressed through international organizations such as the united nations and the world court. Through case studies, we will consider a number of contentious issues in global feminism, including sexual assault, sex tourism, and the global assembly line, and the role of feminism in national liberation movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1160 - RACE, GENDER, AND CLASS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Social diversity is a key item across academic disciplines as well as cultures at large. This course will examine the relationships among race, class, and gender in society, providing students with an understanding of how these terms get defined and mobilized in various contexts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1170 - QUEER THEORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to theories of how people think about and enact genders and sexualities. The course edicts both the assumption that people are naturally or normally heterosexual and the idea that being seen as “normal” should be the political or personal goal of sexual minorities. The course calls into question the idea of normal exploring how gender aims to “”normalize”” people by categorizing them. In recognizing the ruse of normality, the course examines sexual practices and gender expressions not attempting to dignify, deny or apologize for them.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1180 - POLITICS OF GENDER AND FOOD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1190 - MASCULINITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An interdisciplinary examination of theories and select cultural constructs of masculinity, as related to and distinct from male bodies. Masculinity will be considered in its relation to race, ethnicity, nation, class, ability, and sex. Readings will likely come from literary studies, film studies, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, history, and other fields.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1200 - TRANSGENDER STUDIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
TRANSGENDER STUDIES
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1210 - GENDER AND THE DIGITAL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will explore the relationship between identity, media, and digital culture, specifically how gender is constructed and contested through forms of media. Students will consider how media also informs notions of race, class, sexuality, religion, and ethnicity, among other identity markers. This course will rely on thoughtful and academically stimulating analyses of media, such as television, film, music, advertising, online spaces, video games, among others, and in various combinations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GSWS 0100 or 0200 or 0500 or 0550
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GSWS 1220 - WOMEN OF COLOR FEMINISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1235 - LANGUAGE, GENDER AND SOCIETY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
As a field of research, language and gender studies is interdisciplinary and relatively new. These studies seem to discover the nature of gender-related differences in language and their causes and effects. Gender here refers to social categories based on sex but encompassing behavior, roles and images that, although not biologically determined, are regarded by a society as appropriate to its male or female members. What is seen as appropriate to each gender thus differs in different societies and eras. Explanations for gender thus differ in different societies and eras. Explanations for almost all observed male/female language differences are to be found less in the biological constitution of the human body and more in the social and psychological formation of the human subject. These are the issues we will be concerned with in this course. Is women’s language use in systematic ways different from that of men? If it is different, how is it different? Why is it different, what sorts of explanations are there? And maybe most important, does a difference of language use matter?
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1450 - GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will critically analyze sustainability from gendered perspectives. It will take a three-pronged approach to the study of sustainability and gender, engaging with the economic, social, and environmental components that contribute to our understandings of sustainability and sustainable development. Through readings, written assignments, and class discussions, students will examine the intersectionality of gender and sustainability with class, race, ability, age, nationality, religion, power, politics, social movements, and health from local and global perspectives. Students will critique practical applications of sustainable development and the role of gender in creating a more sustainable future. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this course will draw on perspectives from anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, gender and development, human geography, public and international affairs, political science, economics, engineering, geology, business, urban studies, and a range of health sciences. Students will have the opportunity to learn about gender and sustainability through case study analyses stemming from a variety of geographic regions. There are no prerequisites for this course, although GSWS 0100 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, GSWS 0500 Introduction to Feminist Theory or another course on gender is recommended.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GSWS 1460 - GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND CHILDHOOD IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Although childhood is often conflated with a biological category based on an immature body, in reality it is much more. Instead, this course examines the ways in which childhood is a discursive and continuously shifting category, one that changes across time and place. This course will introduce students to the study of children and childhood in a cross-cultural context and will pay particular attention to the ways in which notions of childhood, and the experience of being a child, draw from and reproduce understandings of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, etc. Through readings, lectures, and films, we will also consider the meaning of gendered childhoods in light of contemporary forms of conception, children’s culture (media, toys and artifacts, stories), child labor and play, and ritual and coming of age ceremonies. An analysis of these contemporary phenomenon highlight local and regional notions of childhood and their intersection with broader global patterns. In addition to lectures, a portion of each class will be devoted to group discussions in which students are encourage to engage with the course readings. Students will give presentations and assist with discussion facilitation. We will also view films. Evaluations will be based on the student’s participation in these discussions, as well as two exams, and a series of four writing assignments.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1522 - SEX AND RACISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1620 - WOMEN AND RELIGION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the role of women in the Bible, the way in which such roles were constructed and reinforced in the Western tradition, and the contemporary viability of this tradition as a meaningful one in our own world. Specifically, we will consider the polarity of “mother” vs. “fallen woman,” as the prototypical models of female behavior and social acceptance, and the way in which “”salvation”” is construed for each type.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1622 - WOMEN AND POLITICAL THEORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1900 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An opportunity to extend academic training to a practical work experience in an area where the student has gained some expertise.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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GSWS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
A variety of individual research and reading projects may be undertaken under the supervision of a core faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GSWS 1902 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Undergraduate students engage in research projects under the direction of a core faculty member. Consent of instructor required.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GSWS 1910 - CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed as a capstone, this course is a seminar that allows students to explore feminist theory and methodology in greater depth. We will pay particular attention to the current state of feminist theory as we consider future directions and challenges, and address the ways in which feminist theories and methodologies can inform research in other disciplines. Students will respond to a series of intense readings that focus on the intersections of feminist theory with other theoretical approaches, such as queer theory, environmental ethics, and critical race theory, among others. Using this theoretical foundation, students will construct a research project of their own design that will apply academic work to a “real world” setting and prepare students for careers and/or graduate study.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GSWS 0100 or 0500
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GEOL 0055 - GEOLOGY LABORATORY
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
The course consists of a laboratory structured to give students an overview as well as hands-on experience with the methodology used by earth scientists to study geologic processes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: GEOL 0800 or 0820 or 0860 or 0840
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GEOL 0060 - HISTORY OF THE EARTH
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course surveys the evolution of the earth and its inhabitants from its origins to the present. Lectures and lab emphasize the identification and interpretation of rocks, geologic features, and geologic maps. Lab work also includes fossil identification, stratigraphic correlation, and sedimentary facies analysis.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055
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GEOL 0800 - GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Geology is the study of how the earth works. This class covers the classification and origin of basic rocks and minerals; examines the role of plate tectonics in shaping the earth and producing such hazards as earthquakes and volcanoes; and examines the forces that shape beaches and rivers and sometimes threaten our lives and property. We also survey the evidence for changing climate and the future of such resources as groundwater, fossil fuels, and ores.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0802 - GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The magnificent scenery of the national parks provides a backdrop to an exploration of the basic geological principles that govern the creation and development of landscapes. The geological history of the North American continent will be explored in order to provide a framework in which to understand the development of the landscapes of our country.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0820 - NATURAL DISASTERS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The geologic, hydrologic and atmospheric processes that impact the human environment in catastrophic ways are examined in this course. Natural disasters surveys energy cycles, plate tectonics with an emphasis on how they produce earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, wildfires, flooding, landslides, climate change and mass extinctions. Students will get hands on experience in recitation. This course serves as an introductory course for three majors in geology and planetary science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0840 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class is an interdisciplinary introduction to the science underlying environmental issues. Focusing on the principles of geology, biology, and chemistry and in their application to human impacts on the environment, strategies for sustainable management of environment and natural resources, and global change.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0850 - NATURAL SCIENCES 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This 2-semester course will present non-science majors with a comprehensive picture of the natural world. Topics will include: the solar system; laws of motion; energy; structure of matter; the earth; cosmology; the science of living things; the living cell; genetics; evolution. Emphasis will be on fundamental concepts that underlie our present understanding. Connections will be made to historical developments and to scientific and technological issues that impact individuals and society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0851 - NATURAL SCIENCES 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This 2-semester course will present non-science majors with a comprehensive picture of the natural world. Topics will include: the solar system; laws of motion; energy; structure of matter; the earth; cosmology; the science of living things; the living cell; genetics; evolution. Emphasis will be on fundamental concepts that underlie our present understanding. Connections will be made to historical developments and to scientific and technological issues that impact individuals and society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0860 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course takes an integrated earth systems approach to understanding our planet and its resources. We will investigate geologic processes and hazards (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and weather hazards), geologic resources (water, soil, minerals, energy) and the local and global ramifications of human interaction with the earth (e.g., air, soil and water pollution, ozone depletion, and climate change). This course also serves as an introductory course for three majors in the department of geology and planetary science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0870 - THE PLANETS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the worlds of our solar system. We will make extensive use of the most recent and dramatic images to discuss the nature, origin, and history of the planets and moons of our solar system
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0871 - INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course attempts to answer the question of whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the galaxy by considerations of the origin and subsequent evolution of the universe, our solar system, terrestrial life, and the human species.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 0890 - OCEANOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The oceans play a central role in global climate and supporting a stunning diversity of life. This survey of oceanography examine the major physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape the modern oceans and the life they contain.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 1001 - MINERALOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Physics and chemistry of minerals. Includes physical properties, crystal chemistry, crystal structure and symmetry, mineral identification using a petrographic microscope, and the processes of mineral formation and breakdown.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0110 and GEOL 0055
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GEOL 1002 - HUMAN DRIVEN GLOBAL CHANGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the quantification of human activities and human environmental impacts that form the basis for scientific inquiry in the `Anthropocene.¿ The course will emphasize both reconstruction of early human activities from environmental records (e.g., the advent of soil erosion or mining from sediment records) and analysis and interpretation of modern ¿big-data¿ resources (e.g., transformation of census records to chemical fluxes). Class examples and problems will focus on policy relevant facets of human activities, ranging from nutrient budgets to carbon dynamics to water and sediment fluxes.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 1030 and GEOL 1445
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GEOL 1003 - IGNEOUS & METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
A lecture and laboratory course concerned with a study of the origin, occurrence, identification, and classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks. The primary purpose of the course is to familiarize the student with the physical and chemical processes that control the formation of the main igneous and metamorphic rock types.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 1001
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GEOL 1015 - GEOLOGY COLLOQUIUM
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Geology colloquium is open to undergraduate students in geology and planetary science. It is a formalization of the seminar series with weekly guest speakers from industry, academia and government. Each seminar will focus on a different research topic in earth sciences describing on-going projects of interest to students. The course may be taken multiple times.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Colloquium
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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GEOL 1020 - SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Sedimentology is the study of the processes that produce modern and ancient sedimentary deposits. The lectures will focus on a variety of modern sedimentary systems (rivers, deltas, beaches, etc.) As well as their ancient equivalents. The class culminates with an exploration of how long-term changes in sediment supply and sea level act to shape regional-scale sedimentary sequences. The lab focuses on rock identification and interpretation and on a variety of stratigraphic problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055 or 1001
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GEOL 1030 - THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS AND CLIMATE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the atmospheric and oceanic interactions that determine the nature of the global climate system. Specifically, the course will explore the origin, evolution, and structure of the earth’s oceans and atmosphere, the earth’s energy balance, atmospheric circulation patterns, and surface and deep ocean currents. The course will also consider records of past climate, evidence for recent warming, climate change projections, and climate change policy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1045 - STATISTICS FOR EARTH SCIENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A statistics course geared toward environmental science and geology majors with an emphasis on applying data analysis and statistical techniques to environmental data. Topics will include: visualizing data, summary statistics, correlation, selected parametric statistics (t-tests, general linear models), selected non-parametric methods, statistical inference, and experimental design.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0120 or 0125 or 0220
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GEOL 1050 - SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course shall provide an Earth systems science overview of the processes that govern the hydrologic cycle including precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff and discharge, infiltration, and groundwater. The course shall emphasize the movement of water through the atmosphere, over the land surface, and within the unsaturated and saturated zones.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (GEOL 0800 or 0820 or 0840) and (MATH 0120 or 0220)
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GEOL 1051 - GROUNDWATER GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course focuses on physical and chemical processes controlling water movement and composition in sub-surface environments. The lab focuses on practical field methods for the characterization of groundwater.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055 and CHEM 0110 and (MATH 0120 or MATH 0220)
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GEOL 1052 - PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents the different types of data used to study the earth’s climatic history and long-term climatic variability. Particular emphasis is given to the climatic changes during the late Cenozoic — the so called glacial ages. Topics of discussion include time scales of climatic change, types of paleoclimatic records and their limitations, numerical climate models, the causes of climatic change, and the importance of paleoclimatic research in forecasting the future.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055
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GEOL 1055 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the interrelationships among environ mental science, ethics, and policy. It covers such topics as origin and development of the environmental movement, environmental values and attitudes, enactment and mechanics of environmental regulations and statutes, environmental economics and politics, and future environmental scenarios. The various socio-economic, legal, and political implications will be scrutinized within the context of specific case studies of environmental/ecological concern, ranging from local to global.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1056 - UHC ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the interrelationships among environmental science, ethics, and policy. It covers such topics as origin and development of the environmental movement, environmental values and attitudes, enactment and mechanics of environmental regulations and statutes, environmental economics and politics, and future environmental scenarios.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1060 - GEOMORPHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course is a survey of the major landform features found on the earth’s surface. Each landform type is first described qualitatively and then examined in terms of the processes, such as stream flow or glacial activity, which cause its development. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with geomorphic principles.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055
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GEOL 1100 - STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
A course devoted to the study of folded, faulted, flowed, sheared, and jointed rocks with the aim of preparing a student to recognize and interpret deformed rocks. The evolution of mountain belts and deformation related to this process are emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055; CREQ: GEOL 1003 and (GEOL 1020 or ANTH 1520)
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GEOL 1200 - UHC PALEONTOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Nothing endures but change.’ We cannot understand the world we live in, nor any of a host of predicted future trends, without exploring the past. That’s where paleontology comes in - the fossil record provides a wealth of insight into the evolution (and revolution) of life on earth. In this class we will explore both the methods and the limitations of using fossils to interpret past environments, ecologies, systematic relationships, and the events that have fundamentally reorganized the earth’s biota. Short in-class labs will provide hands-on access to fossil specimens of plants and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. We’ll also examine paleontology’s role in society ’ its historical development, how and why it captures the public imagination, and its portrayal in the news and popular media.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1240 - EVOLUTION OF THE VERTEBRATES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class focuses on the evolution and extinction of vertebrates. The class may take a broad view (e.g. all vertebrates) or a narrower focus that allows a deeper exploration of the paleo biology and paleoecology of selected groups of vertebrates (e.g. dinosaurs and mammals).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1313 - COM ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course serves as a w-course for environmental studies. We will sample various tools and methods (typical “professional” tasks such as memos and letters, building into comprehensive assignments such as case studies), all while concentrating on how audience and purpose affect communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PREQ: ANY ENGCMP Course; PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1315 - COMMUNICATION IN THE GEOSCIENCES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class is perfect preparation for undergraduate research or graduate school. It will introduce students to the main scientific journals, how to read and assimilate the scientific literature, discuss how to give oral presentations, and address how to write clear scientific papers. Students will also explore topics of potential interest that they either propose or select from a provided list.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0060 or 1003 or 1020 or 1030 or 1051 or 1060 or 1515 or 1100 or 1641
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GEOL 1330 - SUSTAINABILITY FLASH LAB
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 1331 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (HAZWOPER)
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Hazwoper (hazardous waste operations and emergency response) is a 40-hour course that promotes awareness of safety and response plans for those who may work with chemical and other hazards in the work-site. Students will learn how hazardous materials are handled and identified; human responses to exposure; learn what to do in case of site emergencies; use appropriate safety methods and work practice controls; and understand labels that are used to alert personnel of danger involving hazardous material. (Many employers in environmental consulting firms and other industries require 40-hour osha training.) The course will count as an elective in the environmental studies major.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1332 - MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Enthusiasm goes a long way in the nonprofit environmental world, but volunteers and professionals alike increasingly need more and more skills in order to make a lasting impact. It can be overwhelming even to those who already know what to expect. This course covers the “inner workings” of environmental organizations. We’ll go beyond the slogans, junk mail, and big events to study what’s behind the nonprofit world, what it takes to succeed, and why advocacy is so important… and so difficult! Speakers from the environmental community will share their experiences and perspectives each week, and a wide range of readings and assignments are designed to have students take a deep look and to experience some of this world, too.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1333 - SUSTAINABILITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Sustainability is a term that has many meanings, depending on who’s using it, and we will cover most of them in this class, from green campuses to green-washing. The class features guest speakers from the academic, governmental, nonprofit and business sectors to offer as many perspectives as possible on sustainability topics. The real focus of the class, though, is the development of sustainability projects on campus and in the Pittsburgh community. Students also participate in sustainability-related events and field trips with the opportunity to present their work to a larger audience at the end of the semester.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1334 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Environmental public policy, 3.0 - focus on environmental ethics and its application in real-world context, including the regulatory and policy interface in the public arena. Discusses ethics surrounding national and global environmental issues, consumer choices, and ongoing public debate.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1335 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: AIR QUALITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Pittsburgh has had a checkered past when it comes to air quality issues, and faces an uncertain future. Once known as “hell with the lid off” due to industrial emissions, Pittsburgh and its environs once had some of the worst air in the nation. In 1948, a noxious cloud killed 22 in nearby Donora and sickened thousands. But Pittsburgh also became one of the first American cities to pass legislation aimed at cleaning its air. Today it faces a new threat from emissions from coal-burning utilities in Ohio and west Virginia. This course is one in a series that focuses on the history, progress and current events of environmental issues in southwestern Pennsylvania that also have application throughout the region and U.S. emphasis is on a balanced presentation of the issues, discussions of various approaches to solving problems and development of writing skills. To accomplish this, the course will (1) focus on a single environmental issue, (2) structure individual classes around a single aspect of that issue, (3) feature guest lectures and presentations by government regulators and policymakers, interest groups, corporate leaders and experts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1336 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: AIR QUALITY/ WRIT LEC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Pittsburgh has had a checkered past when it comes to air quality issues, and faces an uncertain future. Once known as “hell with the lid off” due to industrial emissions, Pittsburgh and its environs once had some of the worst air in the nation. In 1948, a noxious cloud killed 22 in nearby Donora and sickened thousands. But Pittsburgh also became one of the first American cities to pass legislation aimed at cleaning its air. Today it faces a new threat from emissions from coal-burning utilities in Ohio and west Virginia. This course is one in a series that focuses on the history, progress and current events of environmental issues in southwestern Pennsylvania that also have application throughout the region and U.S. emphasis is on a balanced presentation of the issues, discussions of various approaches to solving problems and development of writing skills. To accomplish this, the course will (1) focus on a single environmental issue, (2) structure individual classes around a single aspect of that issue, (3) feature guest lectures and presentations by government regulators and policymakers, interest groups, corporate leaders and experts.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1337 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WATER QUALITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on environmental issues related to water quality, including the effects of Marcellus Shale waste water on public and private drinking water supplies. The emphasis will be on southwestern Pennsylvania, but we’ll look at the effects of Marcellus Shale industry operations on a state and regional basis too. Emphasis is placed on a balanced, in depth presentation of the issues that must be addressed to realistically solve modern environmental problems. This will be accomplished by (1) focusing on a single environmental issue of relevance to southwestern Pennsylvania (2) structuring weekly sessions around a single aspect of that issue, and (3) giving students an opportunity to learn about the issues from local professionals and community leaders active in these fields.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1338 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WATER QUALITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on environmental issues related to water quality, including the effects of Marcellus Shale waste water on public and private drinking water supplies. The emphasis will be on southwestern Pennsylvania, but we’ll look at the effects of Marcellus Shale industry operations on a state and regional basis too. Emphasis is placed on a balanced, in depth presentation of the issues that must be addressed to realistically solve modern environmental problems. This will be accomplished by (1) focusing on a single environmental issue of relevance to southwestern Pennsylvania (2) structuring weekly sessions around a single aspect of that issue, and (3) giving students an opportunity to learn about the issues from local professionals and community leaders active in these fields.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1339 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: MINING AND GAS DRILLING ISSUES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This term’s focus is on mining issues. Mining and oil and gas extraction has a long, important and sometimes dark history in Pennsylvania. Almost since the first black chunk was pried from the first mine, coal has been king in the keystone state. It has fueled industries, heated homes, and powered trains and river tugs. It has been politically powerful. It has also colored streams, creeks and rivers orange and left them dead. It has scarred the rolling Allegheny hills, first with strip mines and now with “valley fills.” how is mining’s environmental legacy being addressed? How effective are current laws in regulating the industry? What’s the latest, best, mining technique, and what is its public impact? What has been industry’s response? What impacts,”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1340 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: MINIING AND GAS DRILLING ISSUES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This term’s focus is on mining issues. Mining and oil and gas extraction has a long, important and sometimes dark history in Pennsylvania. Almost since the first black chunk was pried from the first mine, coal has been king in the keystone state. It has fueled industries, heated homes, and powered trains and river tugs. It has been politically powerful. It has also colored streams, creeks and rivers orange and left them dead. It has scarred the rolling Allegheny hills, first with strip mines and now with “valley fills.” how is mining’s environmental legacy being addressed? How effective are current laws in regulating the industry? What’s the latest, best, mining technique, and what is its public impact? What has been industry’s response? What impacts, what’s different and the same about the latest extractive industry in the state: Marcellus Shale natural gas development. Guest speakers from industry will be scheduled.”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1341 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: PARKS AND FORESTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is one in a series that focuses on environmental issues in southwestern Pennsylvania. Forests are made up of trees. “Timber ” is what they yell when the trees are cut and fall. With maturing forests scraping the sky in Pennsylvania and other parts of the northeastern united states, and controversial restrictions on national forest timbering in the pacific northwest, there is tremendous pressure to cut the local hardwood forests. But unlike the turn of the century when all of Penn’s woods was clear-cut, there is a growing ethic that believes trees are more valuable growing than cut - for recreation and environmental reasons. This course on forest and parks issues is the fourth in a series that focuses on environmental and public policy issues in south western Pennsylvania. Through newspaper articles, field trips and guest speakers, the course will explore the issues and conflicts that abound in our wildlands and urban woods. Emphasis is on a balanced presentation of the issues, discussions of various approaches to solving problems and development of writing skills through a number of short assignments based on readings and presentations of guest speakers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1342 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: PARKS AND FORESTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is one in a series that focuses on environmental issues in southwestern Pennsylvania. Forests are made up of trees. “Timber ” is what they yell when the trees are cut and fall. With maturing forests scraping the sky in Pennsylvania and other parts of the northeastern united states, and controversial restrictions on national forest timbering in the pacific northwest, there is tremendous pressure to cut the local hardwood forests. But unlike the turn of the century when all of Penn’s woods was clear-cut, there is a growing ethic that believes trees are more valuable growing than cut - for recreation and environmental reasons. This course on forest and parks issues is the fourth in a series that focuses on environmental and public policy issues in south western Pennsylvania. Through newspaper articles, field trips and guest speakers, the course will explore the issues and conflicts that abound in our wildlands and urban woods. Emphasis is on a balanced presentation of the issues, discussions of various approaches to solving problems and development of writing skills through a number of short assignments based on readings and presentations of guest speakers.”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1410 - EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the theory, methods, and instrumentation used in exploration geophysics. Topics include gravity, magnetics, electromagnetics, and seismic.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1445 - GIS, GPS, AND COMPUTER METHODS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The goals of this course are to gain expertise in spatial analysis and geographical information systems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1446 - ADVANCED GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Using advanced geographical information systems technologies and geospatial analysis techniques students will extend their knowledge of geographical information systems to include raster, geostatistical, network, model, and 3d/4d based analysis completing complex analysis of real world data sets.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 1445
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GEOL 1460 - INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a foundation in the theory, techniques and applications of remote sensing and geospatial data visualization spanning the electromagnetic spectrum. Topics include light/matter interaction, optics and sensor design, image analysis, as well as current applications of remote sensing to science and engineering problems facing local and global populations. The course and integrated image-processing laboratory are designed to provide the student with a strong foundation of remote sensing science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1510 - AQUATIC AND SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMI
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the chemistry and geochemistry of modern and ancient aquatic and sedimentary systems, including oceans and fresh waters. Students will gain an understanding of the biogeochemical processes occurring in aquatic systems, and the geochemical signatures they leave in the sedimentary record.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (CHEM 0110 and GEOL 0055) or GEOL 0800 or 0860
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GEOL 1515 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the complex interactions of earth’s rock, water, air, and life systems that determine the chemical characteristics of our environment. We will examine the distribution, cycling, and transport of chemical compounds in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and terrestrial environment on local and global scales. Topics will include water chemistry, organic and inorganic pollution and related toxicology, hazardous wastes, acid rain, acid mine drainage, photochemical smog, ozone depletion, and global climate change. A class project involves chemical analysis of student-provided water samples.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0110 AND GEOL 0055; PLAN: Geology or Environmental Studies or Environmental Geology or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1602 - MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course deals with the geology of the fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal — and the more important industrial rocks and minerals such as evaporites, phosphate rocks, crushed stone, clay, sand and gravel, and building stone. Emphasis is on the processes which form the commercial accumulations of these materials and the geological setting in which they occur. Their geographic distribution is also considered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1641 - ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course will provide students with an introduction to the principles of ecosystem ecology and associated applications to environmental change. Broad course themes include descriptions of the physical environment, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, ecological biogeography, and human ecology.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 1701 - GEOLOGY OF THE PLANETS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the geological processes and resulting landforms occurring on the surfaces of the planets of our solar system. We will make extensive use of recent spacecraft imagery and data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0055
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GEOL 1900 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 4
This course places the student in an “on-the-job” setting in which he/she receives practical experience in a supervised training environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
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GEOL 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 4
This course permits undergraduates to explore specific topics in the geological sciences. The course is designed in a more flexible format than a directed study, stressing a higher degree of independent library research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1903 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 4
This course provides the opportunity for undergraduates to obtain “hands on” experience in geology by actively inter acting with faculty members on research projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1904 - DIRECTED READING
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course explores in-depth topics in geology and environmental studies. Topics and structure vary from term to term.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Environmental Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Studies (BA, BPH) or Geology (BS, BPH) or Environmental Science (BS)
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GEOL 1910 - UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is the culmination of an undergraduate research project. Students will write a formal thesis under the supervision of a faculty mentor and give an oral presentation on their research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GEOL 1960 - FIELD CAMP
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 8
A geology summer field camp is four to eight weeks long and includes a substantial component of geologic mapping and report writing. Field camp is the traditional capstone experience for geology and environmental geology majors. You should enroll at any accredited field camp offering at least four semester units of credit and transfer the credits to the University of Pittsburgh.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 2054 - SOILS: GEOBIOCHEMICAL LANDSCAPES
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
An overview of soils with a strong emphasis on landscape scale process. The course consists of lecture and laboratory/field work. The lecture will include description of physical and chemical soil properties and processes, discussion of major soil classifications and description of ramifications at the landscape scale.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LGSNC
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GEOL 2446 - ADVANCED GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Using advanced geographical information systems technologies and geospatial analysis techniques students will extend their knowledge of geographical information systems to include raster, geostatistical, network, model, and 3d/4d based analysis completing complex analysis of real world data sets.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 2449
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GEOL 2449 - GIS, GPS, AND COMPUTER METHODS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The goals of this course are to gain expertise in spatial analysis and geographical information systems
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC
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GEOL 2460 - APPLIED REMOTE SENSNG AND GPS TECHNIQUES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Designed as a follow on to the introduction to remote sensing course this advanced class emphasizes field-oriented problems, data collection, and validation. The ultimate goal is to explore the connection between re motely-gathered imagery and the real-world factors which influence those data. Students taking the course should have had at least 1 semester of high school or college physics.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC
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GEOL 2525 - STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide students with a thorough introduction to the stable isotope systematics of light elements (hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur). The course examines the fundamental concepts of isotope equilibrium and kinetics, physiochemical and biogenic mechanisms of isotope exchange, and the principles of mass spectrome try and stable isotope extraction techniques.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LGSNC
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 2520
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GEOL 2853 - WATERSHED HYDROLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Understanding the science of watersheds is critical to improving water quality. This course will examine surface water hydrology, biogeochemistry, and management of watersheds. In addition, we will focus on how varying land uses influence the dynamics of hydrology and biogeochemistry across these systems. Student will develop an understanding of the biogeochemistry of various major elements in watersheds, including nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, and mercury, and how these elemental fluxes are exchanged through atmospheric-terrestrial-aquatic interactions. Students will be expected to demonstrate critical thinking, communication, and analytical skills through student-led lectures, journal discussions, and projects.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: GradLG/SU3
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GER 1504 - EUROPEAN IDENTITY BETWEEN HISTORY AND EUROPEAN UNION CULTURAL POLICY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is explores the state of the European union today with respect to the issue of collective identity formation by integrating the historical development of the EU with studying its evolving institutional structure. The course examines how culture which was originally only an afterthought of European integration has gained in importance since the overarching permissive consensus with which European populations passively supported the integration process began to crumble with the Maastricht treaty of 1992. Through a variety of sources from across the social sciences, political theory and social philosophy, the course elucidates how EU cultural policy aims to engender a transnational European identity.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GER 1510 - KAFKA AND THE MODERN WORLD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Human bugs, tortured bodies, persecuted sons, this course examines the literature and legacy of one of the world’s greatest authors. Explore questions of power, truth, and self. Learn about German Jewish culture in Prague at the turn of the century. All readings and discussions in English.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 1529 - BERLIN: A DIVIDED CITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GER 1590 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN TRANSLATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GER 1905 - GERMAN INTERNSHIP 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course places the student in a work setting where they can gain practical experience in a supervised training environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 1906 - GERMAN INTERNSHIP 2
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
This course places the student in a work setting where they can gain additional practical experience in a supervised training environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0001 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN 1
Minimum Credits: 5
Maximum Credits: 5
This is an elementary language acquisition course and aims to teach students how to carry out various functions likely to be necessary in dealing with others in the target language. The course aims to develop all four language skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and deals with culture as an integral part of each skill. The language acquisition exercises are supplemented by an integrated and systematic presentation of grammar.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0002 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN 2
Minimum Credits: 5
Maximum Credits: 5
This course completes the introduction of the basic structures of German begun in German 0001. It emphasizes all four language skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing and deals with culture as an integral part of each skill. The language acquisition exercises are supplemented by an integrated and systematic presentation of grammar.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GER 0001 or Online Test Score equal/greater 281 or Paper Test Score equal/greater 6
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GER 0003 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Conducted entirely in German, this course provides structured practice in understanding, speaking, reading (unedited texts), and writing. The language-acquisition exercises are supplemented by an integrated and systematic review of grammar, emphasizing those structures that are needed for practical communication in authentic German.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GER 0002 or Online Test Score equal/greater 381 or Paper Test Score equal/greater 22
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GER 0004 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Conducted entirely in German, this course enables students to describe in past, present, and future time, and to initiate and sustain a conversation. They discuss contemporary texts and topics, participate in small group activities, and strengthen their writing skills through journal writing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GER 0003 or Online Test Score equal/greater 481 or Paper Test Score equal/greater 41
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GER 0011 - CONVERSATION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended to assist novice level students to strengthen their communicative proficiency. Students learn to handle their needs adequately for travel in Germany or a German-speaking country. In order to encourage oral communication, there is extensive use of audio-visual teaching aids.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0012 - CONVERSATION 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Like its companion course, German 0011, this course emphasizes oral proficiency. The course enables students to converse in formal and informal situations, resolve problems, deal with unfamiliar topics, provide explanations, describe in detail, offer supported opinions, and hypothesize. Areas of context are practical, social, professional, and abstract topics, particular interests, and special fields of competence.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0021 - GERMAN READING 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The objective of this course is to develop a basic reading knowledge of German. It is a beginning course which introduces all the structures of German grammar. German 0021 is designed for students who wish to acquire basic reading skills in the shortest possible time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0022 - GERMAN READING 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course is designed to help students obtain an intermediate reading knowledge of German. Students read unedited texts from general fields and from their own areas of specialization. The course includes a systematic review of grammar.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0031 - ELEMENTARY GERMAN 1 FOR MBAS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
It is an elementary language acquisition course and aims to teach students how to carry out basic functions likely to be necessary in dealing with others in the target language. The course aims to develop very basic abilities in all four language skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing and deals with culture as an integral part of each skill.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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GER 0033 - INTRODUCTION TO YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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