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Descriptions of introductory geoscience courses collected as part of several projects.
Course Type: Intro Level
- 152 matches General/Other
- Astronomy 4 matches
- Earth Science 64 matches
- Earth System Science 43 matches
- Environmental Geology 29 matches
- Extinction/Evolution 3 matches
- Geologic Hazards 15 matches
- 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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Sustainability and the Campus part of Teach the Earth:Courses
A course description page detailing an interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar at Macalester College that uses the campus as a living laboratory to teach sustainability through hands-on projects, fieldwork, and systemic analysis of environmental, social, and economic issues. auto-generated
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Course profile: Chicago Rocks! Geology in the City part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for "Chicago Rocks! Geology in the City" at Northeastern Illinois University, detailing an entry-level, team-taught earth science course for first-year students that integrates local urban geology with college success skills, including goals, assessment methods, and downloadable syllabi. auto-generated
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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: Earth Hazards part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for an introductory geologic hazards class at the University of Vermont, detailing its structure, learning goals, assessment methods, and resources, including a large-lecture format with discussion sections, coverage of natural hazards like earthquakes and climate change, and emphasis on science relevance and student engagement. 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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Course profile: Geoscience Processes part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Degree Programs:Courses
A course profile page for "Geoscience Processes" at the University of Texas at El Paso, detailing an entry-level, field-based geoscience course focused on teaching field techniques, mapping, geomorphology, and surface processes, with explicit learning goals, assessment methods, and downloadable syllabus, within the context of strengthening undergraduate geoscience education. auto-generated
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Meteorology part of Introductory Courses:Virtual Workshop 2014:Course Descriptions
This lecture/lab course explores topics of weather, climate and air pollution and is taken by majors and non-majors. The goal of the laboratory is to develops students' understanding of the atmosphere through ...
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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 ...
Investigating Earth part of Course Design:Goals Database
In this introduction to physical geology course, we explore rocks exposed near campus, and do our best to interpret the processes that formed them.
Introductory Geology part of Introductory Courses:Courses
Geology 100 is a General Education introductory geology course covering earth materials, surficial processes, internal processes, and a brief overview of Earth history. The objectives of the course are to provide ...


