Fall 2024 Earth and Environmental Sciences UN2200 section 001

EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: THE SOLID

EARTH'S ENV SYSTEM:SOLID

Call Number 11446
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:10pm-2:25pm
603 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Day & Time
Location
R 4:10pm-7:00pm
603 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 4.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructors Yves Moussallam
Anne Becel
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 39 students (50 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, December 7, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number UN2200
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20243EESC2200W001