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GEOG 137 - Honors: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours
Honors-level introduction to physical geography, emphasizing characteristics and processes of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere and their interaction to produce a world pattern of distinctive environments significant to humanity. Covers elements and controls of climate, atmospheric circulation, precipitation and storms, the hydrological cycle, world climate and vegetation patterns, and climate change.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, and 1 hour discussion.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 131 and 137.
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GEOG 309 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Instructor-initiated course on selected research-related topics.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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GEOG 310 - Introduction to Cartography 3 Credit Hours
Properties, sources, uses, design, and production of maps as tools for geographical analysis. Introduction to desktop mapping techniques and data display using basic thematic map styles.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
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GEOG 320 - Cultural Geography: Core Concepts 3 Credit Hours
Background and method of cultural geography. Basic concepts and theories focusing on cultural landscape, culture regions, cultural ecology, innovation and diffusion, cultural integration, and world patterns of cultural phenomena.
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GEOG 331 - Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours
Overview of Earth’s natural hazards. Topics include: hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, mass movements, volcanoes, tsunami, wildfires, and floods. Hazard awareness is emphasized by highlighting case studies and important past events.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
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GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response 3 Credit Hours
Controversies and uncertainties about present-day climate change, future climate scenarios and mitigation strategies, and individual and policy responses to climate predictions.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
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GEOG 334 - Meteorology 4 Credit Hours
Dynamic atmosphere and resulting weather events. Nature of individual weather elements, their measurement, and analysis over time and space.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
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GEOG 340 - Economic Geography: Core Concepts 3 Credit Hours
Concepts, theories, and practices in economic geography. Real and theoretical patterns in agriculture, manufacturing, and service activities.
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GEOG 343 - Geography of Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
Human rights and social justice issues around the world. Special consideration of Africa and the African diaspora.
(Same as Africana Studies 342.)
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GEOG 344 - Population Geography 3 Credit Hours
Overview of population issues around the world. Regional fertility and mortality, disease, international migration, refugees and internal displacement.
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GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
Global and local patterns of human use of the environment. Geographical variations in demographic, cultural, economic, and technological aspects of environmental stewardship. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 361 - Regional Dynamics of the United States and Canada 3 Credit Hours
Regional explorations of changes in the cultural, economic, social, and physical landscapes of Canada and the United States, and their impacts. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 363 - Geography of the American South 3 Credit Hours
Geographical appraisal of the southeastern United States, including physical environment and human resources. Origin and development of contemporary economic and cultural traits of the area. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 365 - Geography of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
Interrelation of physical, economic, and social patterns that give distinctive character to the region and its parts, especially in southern Appalachia. Appalachia in perspective in the current American scene. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 366 - Geography of Tennessee 3 Credit Hours
Survey of the geography of the State of Tennessee including its cultural, economic, and physical resources, as well as an examination of the state’s diversity, development, and its geographic connections within the southeast region and beyond. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 371 - Geography of Europe 3 Credit Hours
Physical, cultural, and economic characteristics of Europe. Emphasis on the geographical dimensions of change in contemporary Europe. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 373 - Geography of South America 3 Credit Hours
Physical, cultural, and economic characteristics of the countries of South America. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 373.)
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GEOG 374 - Emerging Landscapes of East Asia 3 Credit Hours
Exploration of the emerging economies across the region in terms of their evolving cultural, economic, and political landscapes. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as Asian Studies 374.)
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GEOG 375 - Geography of South Asia 3 Credit Hours
Physical, Cultural, and economic geography of India and its neighbors. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 411 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
Concepts and methods of spatial analysis and their application using geographic information systems software and techniques. Emphasizes both theoretical and applied aspects of GIS.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
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GEOG 413 - Introductory Remote Sensing of Environment 4 Credit Hours
Principles and uses of remote sensing imagery, digital data, and spectral data, with particular emphasis on geographic interpretation and mapping techniques.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
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GEOG 414 - Spatial Databases and Data Management 3 Credit Hours
Types, sources, acquisition, and documentation of spatial data. Spatial database management methods and strategies for data sharing.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
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GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography 4 Credit Hours
Fundamental concepts in geographic research. Spatial thinking and reasoning. Experimental and non-experimental research design (from generating research questions to formulating hypotheses and developing research plans). Concepts of statistics (nonparametric and parametric methods, analysis of variance, regression, patterns in space and time, and use of statistical software). A required course for geography majors.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
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GEOG 419 - Practicum in Cartography/Remote Sensing 2-6 Credit Hours
Supervised practice in design and production of maps and other graphic materials in the Cartographic Services Laboratory or a similar organization.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 421 - Geography of Folk Societies 3 Credit Hours
Geographical study of folk culture, emphasizing traditional material culture and rural settlement, with examples drawn from eastern North America and selected foreign areas.
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GEOG 423 - Geography of American Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours
Geographical study of regional variation in popular cultures, especially focused on youth cultures in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.
(Same as American Studies 423.)
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GEOG 430 - Global Environments of the Quaternary 3 Credit Hours
Physical and biotic evidence of climate and environmental history over the two to three million year period that humans have inhabited Earth. Geographical and temporal patterns of change, drivers of change, and interrelationships with human society.
Recommended Background: 131 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 432 - Dendrochronology 4 Credit Hours
Principles, techniques, and interpretation in tree-ring science. Applications in geography, climate, ecology, forestry, archaeology, and earth sciences.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
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GEOG 433 - Landform Analysis and Landscape Planning 3 Credit Hours
Characteristics of surface form, water, vegetation, and surface materials, and their regional interrelationships. People as evaluators and agents of change.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
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GEOG 434 - Climatology 3 Credit Hours
General circulation system leading to world pattern of climates. Climatic change and modification. Interrelationships of climate and human activity.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
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GEOG 435 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
Study of the changing distribution patterns of plants and animals on a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The effects of plate tectonics, climate change, and human activity on world biota.
Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
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GEOG 436 - Water Resources 3 Credit Hours
Global water resources and hydrologic processes, including water availability, flooding, and water quality issues examined from physical and economic geographic perspectives.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
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GEOG 439 - Plants, People, and Climate in North America 3 Credit Hours
Characteristics and distribution of major plant communities of Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Relationships to climate, soil, fire, and human disturbance. Long-term history and future prospects.
Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
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GEOG 441 - Urban Geography of the United States 3 Credit Hours
Concepts and theories concerning development and significance of systems of cities and internal morphology of cities in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 442 - Urban Spaces and Urban Society 3 Credit Hours
Social and behavioral determinants of territoriality, residential mobility, and segregation. Social production of neighborhoods. Spatial dimensions of urban social problems. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 445 - Cities in a World System 3 Credit Hours
Urban centers in developed and developing countries, global cities, tourist and other specialized cities, and comparative urbanism. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 449 - Geography of Transportation 3 Credit Hours
Examination of transportation systems, emphasizing their effects on trade patterns, land use, location problems, and development.
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GEOG 450 - Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
(See Geology 450.)
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GEOG 451 - The Global Economy 3 Credit Hours
Global patterns of industries and markets. International flow of resources, goods, and capital. Major trading blocs. Writing-emphasis course.
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GEOG 454 - GIS for Terrain Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Generation, analysis, and application of digital elevation/terrain data. Specific topics include GIS-based terrain data models, terrain surface parameter extraction, profile analysis, viewshed and shielding analysis, and watershed delineation.
Recommended Background: GIS course and introductory physical geography or geology.
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GEOG 490 - Internship 3 Credit Hours
Career-related experience for geography majors with business, nonprofit, and government organizations.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 491 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 492 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 493 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 494 - Undergraduate Research Experience 1-3 Credit Hours
Supervised participation in active research projects.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of department.
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GEOG 495 - Special Topics in Geography 1-4 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 8 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 497 - Honors: Senior Thesis 3 Credit Hours
Students develop undergraduate thesis topic under the guidance of a faculty advisor.
Comment(s): Completion of 75 hours with 3.2 GPA required.
Registration Permission: Consent of thesis advisor.
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GEOG 498 - Honors: Senior Thesis 3 Credit Hours
Completion of senior thesis.
Comment(s): Grade of A in 497 is required.
Registration Permission: Consent of thesis advisor.
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GEOG 499 - Proseminar in Geography 3 Credit Hours
Major themes in geography, especially trends over the past 40 years. A required course for geography majors.
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(GEOL) Geology (424) |
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GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth 4 Credit Hours
Physical processes within and upon the Earth’s surface, including the formation of rocks, plate tectonics and earthquakes, and landscapes.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
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GEOL 102 - Earth, Life, and Time 4 Credit Hours
Fossils, evolution, and ancient environments, plus a review of 4.5 billion years of Earth history.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
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GEOL 103 - The Earth’s Environments 4 Credit Hours
Contemporary problems and solutions related to nature and human disturbance of the environment. Topics include ― natural hazards, global climate change, pollution, resource depletion.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
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GEOL 104 - Exploring the Planets 4 Credit Hours
Spacecraft investigation of the geology and geological processes operating on and within planetary bodies, as well as satellites, asteroids, and comets. Topics include planetary formation processes, composition of the planets and their atmospheres, formation of moons and other small bodies, geologic processes (tectonics, volcanism, water- and wind-driven processes, climate evolution, impact cratering) that affect planetary surfaces, and the spacecraft missions that have provided data for geologic interpretation.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
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GEOL 107 - Honors: The Dynamic Earth 4 Credit Hours
Laboratory and field emphasis to understanding physical processes, including the formation of rocks, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and landscapes.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: One 2-hour lab and 2 field trips.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 101 and 107.
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GEOL 108 - Honors: Earth, Life, and Time 4 Credit Hours
Laboratory and field emphasis to understanding fossils, evolution, and ancient environments throughout 4.5 billion years of Earth history.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: One 2-hour lab and 2 field trips.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 102 and 108.
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GEOL 201 - Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to how biodiversity has changed through time, especially past mass extinctions and current extinctions from human activities. Topics include measurement of biodiversity, how biodiversity originates, and the dynamics of extinction.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the geology concentration. Students may not receive credit for both 202 and 208.
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GEOL 202 - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 3 Credit Hours
Study of the earth as an integrated system between physical and biological processes. Focus is on human disturbances, such as habitat destruction and pollution.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the geology concentration. Students may not receive credit for both 202 and 208.
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GEOL 203 - Geology of National Parks 3 Credit Hours
Geologic principles, processes, and earth materials responsible for the spectacular landscapes of national parks. Focus on interactions among internal earth processes, surficial earth processes, and human interactions. Writing-emphasis course.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and an optional field trip.
Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the geology concentration.
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GEOL 205 - Age of the Dinosaurs 3 Credit Hours
Survey of the major groups of dinosaurs. Skeletal structure, ecology, environments, evolutionary history, and extinction.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the geology concentration. Students may not receive credit for both 205 and 207.
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GEOL 206 - Sustainability: Reducing our Impact on Planet Earth 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the field of “sustainable living,” which emphasizes reducing the environmental footprint of individuals and cultures. Topics include: environmental footprints, green living, green consumerism, ethical consumption, voluntary simplicity, green technologies and other ways for people to reduce their environmental impact.
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GEOL 207 - Honors: Age of the Dinosaurs 4 Credit Hours
Students in this course will attend the lectures of Geology 205 and complete all assignments for that class. In addition, the students will participate in a field trip, hands-on exercises, and discussion sessions with the instructor.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hour discussion and 1 field trip.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 207 and 205.
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GEOL 208 - Honors: Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 4 Credit Hours
Students in this course will attend the lectures of Geology 202 and complete all assignments for that class. In addition, students will participate in field trips, site sampling, and research discussions with the instructor.
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hour discussion and 2 field trips.
Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 208 and 202.
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GEOL 301 - Introduction to Scientific Field Methods and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Necessary philosophical underpinnings of the scientific method as applied to data collection. The course includes field data collection based on sound statistics and scientific methods, acquisition of field data in a scientifically rigorous manner, and production of robust field notes.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two geology courses selected from 101, 102, 103, and 104.
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GEOL 310 - Mineralogy 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to the concepts of crystal chemistry, x-ray diffraction, optical mineralogy, and geochemical analysis of the important rock-forming minerals. Laboratory includes hand-specimen, x-ray diffraction, and microscopic identification of minerals.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 120.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Chemistry 130.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses.
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GEOL 320 - Paleobiology 4 Credit Hours
Critical analysis of the preserved record of ancient life, with emphases on recognition of evolutionary patterns, processes, and extinctions. Interpretation of ancient environments and the integrated use of fossils and other geological features in solving problems of geologic correlation and age dating. Statistical and qualitative approaches applied to field and laboratory data.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses.
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GEOL 330 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 4 Credit Hours
Study of the properties of crystalline rocks, the processes that produce them, and the tectonic environments in which they form. Topics include interpretation of rock textures, phase diagrams, geochemical and isotopic compositions, magma generation and differentiation, effects of temperature, pressure, and fluids on mineral equilibria and kinetics.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
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GEOL 340 - Earth Sedimentary Processes 4 Credit Hours
Earth surface processes applied to interpretation of the stratigraphic record ― weathering and soil formation, the hydrologic cycle, physical sediment transport, biological and chemical sedimentation, and sediment diagenesis.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 370 - Earth Structure and Geophysics 4 Credit Hours
Stress and strain. Mechanics and recognition of geologic structures ― faults, joints, folds, foliations, lineations, microstructures. Introductory plate tectonics and introductory earthquake and reflection seismology. Laboratory ― geologic map interpretation, cross-section construction, fabric diagrams, fault-plane solutions, strain analysis, and seismic interpretation. Field work includes field observation and measurement, recording data, and regional geology.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 310 and 330.
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GEOL 380 - Planetary Geoscience 4 Credit Hours
Geologic, geophysical, and geochemical systems and processes at planetary scales. Topics include accretion, differentiation, outgassing, seismology, magnetism, geochronology, remote sensing, processes modifying surface morphology and materials, geochemical cycles, and planetary exploration.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 330.
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GEOL 425 - Data Analysis for Geoscientists 3 Credit Hours
An overview of sampling schemes, data analysis, and statistical methods as applicable to earth sciences.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology and introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 426 - Biospheric Change and the Fossil Record 3 Credit Hours
Students will gain a temporal understanding of the evolution of the biosphere from its inception through the present day. Course concentrates on evidence derived from the fossil record and investigates the consequences of major transformative events such as tectonics, oxygenation of the biosphere, and the origination and extinction of major clades.
Recommended Background: Paleobiology, organismal biology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 440 - Field Geology 5 Credit Hours
Summer field course for advanced undergraduate geology majors and first-year graduate students in geology. Taught off-campus and requires the full time of the student. The course provides a synthesis of the major aspects of the geological sciences in a societal context. Field techniques demonstrated, practiced, and applied to the solution of geologic problems.
Recommended Background: At least 16 hours from 310, 320, 330, 340, 370.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 450 - Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
Integrative approach to understanding processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Topics include processes and landforms produced by weathering, mass wasting, running water, wind, glaciers, and seas. Field and laboratory exercises include mapping, taking measurements, physical modeling, numerical calculations, and interpretation.
(Same as Geography 450.)
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
Recommended Background: Two introductory geology or physical geography courses and high school or college physics.
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GEOL 452 - Cave and Karst Geology 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to speleology, with emphasis on the identification and evaluation of chemical, physical, and hydrologic controls that result in dissolution of bedrock, cave formation, and karst landscape development. Topics include carbonate geochemistry, hydrology, speleogenesis, solute and sediment transport, paleokarst, geomorphology, exploitation and management of karst and karst hazards. Includes scientific data collection, numerical calculations, model development, and interpretation. At least one field trip will be required.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and one lab course in chemistry, introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 454 - Environmental Restoration 3 Credit Hours
Applications of ecology and geological sciences toward restoring natural systems to become more fully functioning ecosystems. Topics include: geological mitigation, ecological succession, non-native species, and many case studies. At least one field trip to a nearby ecological restoration site will be required.
Recommended Background: An introductory course in geology, physical geography, conservation or basic ecology.
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GEOL 455 - Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
Applications of the geological sciences toward a comprehension of the effects of geological processes on humans and the effects of human activities on the Earth’s environments.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level or 200-level geology courses or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 456 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
Examines natural and anthropogenic changes in global climate systems. Topics include biogeochemical cycles of greenhouse gases and the water cycle, including water resources and pollutants and changes in the biosphere (extinctions) as both cause and effects of physical global changes. Historical (baseline) dynamics are compared to current changes in order to predict human impacts and suggest technical and policy solutions.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 459 - Introduction to Oceanography 3 Credit Hours
Principles of oceanography, including physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes and patterns. Emphasis on the physical, chemical, and geologic structure of the oceans and their role in oceanic circulation, global climate change, and the biogeochemical evolution of the oceans through geologic time.
(Same as Microbiology 459.)
Recommended Background: Introductory geology or introductory biology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 460 - Principles of Geochemistry 4 Credit Hours
A survey of fundamental geochemical principles as applied to sedimentary minerals, organic matter, and natural waters, with focus on conditions of weathering, deposition, diagenesis, and hydrothermal alteration in lacustrine and oceanic environments. Topics include activity-concentration relations, mineral solubility and stability, chemical speciation and redox state of natural waters, organic geochemistry, stable isotopes, and the geochemical signatures of depositional and post environments. Course will emphasize geochemical modeling to test hypotheses, explore assumptions, approximations, and equilibria in natural geochemical systems.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour tutorial.
Recommended Background: 310 and 340 and Chemistry 130 or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 461 - Organic Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Fundamentals of organic geochemistry; primary production, diagenesis, and preservation of organic matter in the sedimentary rock records; and reconstruction of ancient geologic environments using biomarker compounds.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 461 and 561.
Recommended Background: Chemistry 130 or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 465 - Geomicrobiology 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to interactions between microbes and earth materials (rock, soil, water). Course will identify and evaluate key biogeochemical and genetic evidence used to determine biotic from abiotic processes in modern and ancient systems. Topics include microbial ecology and diversity, community structure, biogeochemistry, molecular biology, major environmental habitats, astrobiology, and geomicrobiological applications for geology, engineering, and mining.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and one lab course in chemistry, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 466 - Water and Air Pollution 3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the impacts of human activities on the water and atmospheric cycles. Emphasis is on field and lab activities to learn methods of measuring pollution. Topics include: industrial pollution, sewage contamination, heavy metals and some biological impacts.
Recommended Background: 1 lab course in Geology and 1 lab course in Chemistry.
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GEOL 471 - Applied Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles of data collection, processing, and analysis for several common geophysical techniques will be presented through lectures, computer assignments (labs), and field work. Passive (earthquake) and active (reflection and refraction) seismology, potential fields (gravity and magnetics), heat flow, electromagnetics (including ground penetrating radar), and electrical techniques will be covered.
Contact Hour Distribution: One 3-hour meeting per week consisting of lecture, computer lab, or field work. One optional day or weekend field trip will be scheduled.
Credit Restriction: Credit cannot be received for both 470 and 471.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 141; Physics 135 or 221.
Recommended Background: Calculus, physics, petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy and structural geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 473 - Principles of Near-Surface Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
Basics of several standard near-surface geophysics techniques (for example, seismic reflection, seismic refraction, surface wave and GPR, electrical resistivity, magnetics, and EM), using state-of-the-art field equipment to develop the skills necessary to process and interpret data. Includes a significant field component.
Recommended Background: Introductory calculus.
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GEOL 484 - Planetary Geodynamics 3 Credit Hours
Students will gain a quantitative physical understanding of processes that are important in the geophysical evolution of planetary bodies (planets, moons, other bodies). Topics such as stress and strain, flexure, heat transfer, gravity, fluid mechanics, and rheology will be developed from a quantitative perspective and evaluated in terms of observable effects on the earth and other bodies in the Solar System.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 141 and 142, or Mathematics 147 and 148 or Mathematics 151 and 152, and Engineering Fundamentals 151 or Engineering Fundamentals 157 or Physics 135 or Physics 137 or Physics 221.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology 3 Credit Hours
Physical principles of flow, flow equations, geologic controls, aquifer analysis, water well design/testing, and introduction to transport processes.
(Same as Civil Engineering 485.)
Recommended Background: Introductory calculus, physics, and geology.
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GEOL 490 - Special Problems in Geology 1-3 Credit Hours
Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at the convenience of the department with focus on specialized topics in the geological sciences.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
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GEOL 491 - Foreign Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied toward the geology major.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 492 - Off-Campus Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied toward the geology major.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 493 - Independent Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Student- or instructor- initiated independent study.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied toward the geology major.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 497 - Honors: Senior Thesis 3 Credit Hours
Student- or instructor-initiated independent study resulting in completion of an approved senior thesis.
Credit Restriction: Applies only to honors geology concentration or Chancellor’s Honors.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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(GERM) German (433) |
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GERM 111 - Elementary German I 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
Comment(s): If at least two years of German were taken in high school, a placement exam is required.
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GERM 112 - Elementary German II 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 111 with grade of C or better.
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GERM 123 - Intensive Elementary German 6 Credit Hours
Introduction to German.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
Comment(s): This course is equivalent to 111 and 112. If at least two years of German were taken in high school, a placement exam is required.
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GERM 150 - Elementary German Transition 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to prepare students for enrollment in German 211.
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
Credit Restriction: Since 150 is a review of elementary German, students who receive credit in this course may not also receive credit for any other 100-level German course and, therefore, also forfeit the 6 hours of elementary language credit awarded through placement examination.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Placement score between 250 and 337.
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GERM 211 - Intermediate German I 3 Credit Hours
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 338 and 454.
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GERM 212 - Intermediate German II 3 Credit Hours
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
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GERM 215 - German Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150.
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GERM 223 - Intensive Intermediate German 6 Credit Hours
Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 338 and 454.
Comment(s): This course is equivalent to 211 and 212.
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GERM 311 - Advanced Language I 3 Credit Hours
This course emphasizes writing, listening, and speaking on an advanced level; review of major grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 202 or 223 or placement by departmental exam.
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