Geog 134 - Earth System Science
From Syllabus: This course will provide you with the scientific background to address many global change issues. You will be asked you to examine your own thoughts and opinions on global change and to share those ...

MEA 100 - Introduction to Earth System Science
The goal of Earth System Science is to obtain a scientific understanding of the entire Earth system on a global scale by describing how its component parts and their interactions have evolved, how they function, ...

University of the Pacific - Earth System Science
Lydia K Fox, University of the Pacific
An introduction to the study of the Earth using a systems approach. The focus will be on the subsystems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and the dynamic interactions between them. The approach will ...

University of New Hampshire - Earth System Science for Teachers
Joel Johnson, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
This is a new 2 week summer institute/course we are developing as part of our NSF funded GEO-Teach Project. The course will be taught for the first time during the summer of 2007. This summer institute/course is ...

Earth Sciences - Geography
Anne Jefferson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This course is an Earth systems science course that surveys atmosphere and energy balances; global circulation and weather; climate change; water resources, rivers, and coasts; soils and ecosystems. Understanding ...

GLY 1073 - An Introduction to Global Change
From Syllabus: An overview of the Earth Sciences from a system's perspective. Students will learn to view the Earth as a complex system of interacting components including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, ...

GEO 100 - Global Environmental Change
The objectives of this course are to gain a basic understanding of the interrelationships among the earth's major physical and biological systems and to gain an appreciation of past and potential future ...

Modeling Earth Systems
David Bice, Pennsylvania State Univ-Penn St. Erie-Behrend Coll; Louisa Bradtmiller, Macalester College; Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
In this course, we develop the qualitative and quantitative tools for constructing, experimenting with, and interpreting dynamic models of different components of the Earth system. The integrated set of ten modules ...

Critical Zone Science
Critical Zone Science Timothy White (Pennsylvania State University) Adam Wymore (University of New Hampshire) Ashlee Dere (University of Nebraska - Omaha) Adam Hoffman (University of Dubuque) James Washburne (University of Arizona) Martha Conklin (University of California, Merced) Susan Gill (Stroud Water Research Center) Editor: David Gosselin (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
This course introduces and examines the Critical Zone (CZ), Earth's permeable layer that extends from the top of vegetation to the bottom of the fresh groundwater zone. It is a constantly evolving boundary ...

Water: Science and Society
Demian Saffer, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Timothy Bralower, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
Water: Science and Society is a 10-module (12-week) general education course focused on the interrelationships between water and human activities from a science and policy standpoint. The course blends key readings ...