Browse Introductory Geoscience Courses
Course Type: Intro Level
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- Global Change 15 matches
- Historical Geology 15 matches
- Meteorology 6 matches
- Oceanography 12 matches
- Physical Geography 16 matches
- Physical Geology 94 matches
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Introduction to the Geosciences part of Course Design:Goals Database
This course focuses on physical geology. The course focuses on 5 Big Ideas including Plate Tectonics, The Rock Cycle, Geologic Time, Geoscience Research and Scientific Thinking. There are also four skills that are ...
Course profile: GeoJourney part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
Course profile page for GeoJourney, an interdisciplinary field-based geoscience program at Bowling Green State University integrating physical and historical geology, environmental studies, and Native American cultures through a 14,500-mile, nine-week national parks expedition for introductory students. auto-generated
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Course profile: Quantitative Natural Hazards part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for "Quantitative Natural Hazards" at Bryn Mawr College details an introductory, math-intensive general science elective focused on geologic hazards—earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and hurricanes—emphasizing quantitative analysis, data interpretation, real-world problem-solving, and human impacts, with structured assessment via problem sets, exams, and a disaster journal, serving undergraduate students fulfilling quantitative requirements. auto-generated
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Course profile: Environmental Geology part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for an introductory Environmental Geology class at UNC-Wilmington, detailing its structure, content goals, skills development, assessment methods, and role in geoscience education, emphasizing natural hazards, resources, and societal impacts. auto-generated
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Course profile: Global Change part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for an upper-division undergraduate "Global Change" class at the University of Montana, detailing its focus on Earth system science, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity, with information on course content, learning goals, assessment methods, and supplementary resources like syllabi and reading lists. auto-generated
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Physical Geography: The Atmopshere part of Virtual Workshop 2014:Course Descriptions
This course covers introductory atmospheric science including ocean circulation and the hydrological cycle. It is the the first course in the Physical Geography sequence with Physical Geography: The Land as the ...
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GEO 303 Introduction to Geology part of Virtual Workshop 2014:Course Descriptions
GEO 303 is a comprehensive survey of geological science that includes physical and historical geology in one semester. Emeritus UT geology professor, Leon E. Long, designed GEO 303 and has taught the course in our ...
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Physical Geology (GEOL 121) part of Virtual Workshop 2014:Course Descriptions
This introductory physical geology course meets the core curriculum (gen ed) requirement for a laboratory science. The lecture portion of the course meets for 3 hours weekly and the laboratory portion meets for 3 ...
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Geology 102: Introduction to Geology part of Virtual Workshop 2014:Course Descriptions
This is a lecture-based course in which students are introduced to the broad field of geology including processes related to plate tectonics, petrology, and geomorphology. This class is supported by weekly ...
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Introduction to Geologic Field Methods part of Course Design:Goals Database
This course is designed to give students repeated practice in field mapping methods - for students in areas without huge exposures of great outcrops (e.g., Missouri). Every class meeting, the students will be asked ...

