Spring 2024 Earth and Environmental Sciences UN2200 section 001

EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: THE SOLID

The Solid Earth

Call Number 12441
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
603 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Day & Time
Location
T 4:10pm-7:00pm
603 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 4.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructors Steven L Goldstein - e-mail
Sidney R Hemming
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Recommended preparation: high school chemistry and physics; and one semester of college science. Exploration of how the solid Earth works, today and in the past, focusing on Earth in the Solar system, continents and oceans, the Earth's history, mountain systems on land and sea, minerals and rocks, weathering and erosion, glaciers and ice sheets, the hydrological cycle and rivers, geochronology, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, energy resources. Laboratory exploration of topics through examination of rock samples, experimentation, computer data analysis, field exercises, and modeling. Columbia and Barnard majors should plan to take W2200 before their senior year to avoid conflicts with the Senior Seminar.

Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 51 students (55 max) as of 11:06AM Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number UN2200
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note LAB meets in SCH 603
Section key 20241EESC2200W001