Geology and Human Events in North Africa and the Middle East
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
A seminar-style course in which students analyze the underlying (i.e., beyond obvious hazards and disasters) influence of geology and geologic processes on human events in the context of North Africa and the Middle ...

Historical Geology
John Chadwick, College of Charleston
This course will be taught once per year. It provides an overview of geological and biological processes and of major geological and evolutionary events in Earth's history. It uses lecture and hands-on ...

GEOL 1470 Environmental Geology
Suki Smaglik, Laramie County Community College
Environmental geology is the study of the interactions between humans and their geologic environment: rocks, water, air, soil, life. Humans are impacted by Earth processes, and by their activities have an impact on ...

Introduction to Environmental Studies
Jason C. Neff, University of Colorado at Boulder
The material covers the ecological and physical aspects of environmental change and the socioeconomic, political, and technological factors that influence the quality of life on Earth. Short course videos and ...

Environmental Justice
Kate Darby, Western Washington University
This course explores the justice implications of environmental problems by examining the history of the environmental justice movement, current conceptions and definitions of environmental justice, and case study ...

Research Experiences in a Mineralogy Class
Dave Mogk, Montana State University Summary One of the goals of my Mineralogy class is to demonstrate how the principles and content covered in class can be applied to questions of geologic interest or that have ...

Geology, Research, and Environment of Latin America
Bob Stern, The University of Texas at Dallas; Ignacio Pujana, The University of Texas at Dallas
This course aims to introduce all undergraduate students to the geology, resources, and environment of Latin America. It is designed for a normal 3 hour, semester-long slot and consists of 23 ~50 minute long videos ...

Introduction to the Geosciences
Leslie Reid, University of Calgary
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 ...

Geochemistry
John Ayers, Vanderbilt University
Application of chemistry to study the distribution and cycling of elements in the crust of the earth. Includes chemical bonding and crystallization, phase rules and phase diagrams, chemical equilibria, theories on ...

Biological Discovery: Observation and Experimentation
Suzanne Conklin, Rhode Island College
This is a course for biology or general science majors that focuses on the primary and secondary scientific literature as a means to gain a deep understanding of the process of science and how we know what we know ...