Fall 2024 Earth and Environmental Sciences UN3101 section 001

GEOCHEM FOR A HABITABLE PLANET

GEOCHEM FOR A HABITABLE P

Call Number 11449
Day & Time
Location
TR 11:40am-12:55pm
603 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Terry A Plank
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: Any 1000-level or 2000-level EESC course; MATH UN1101 Calculus I and CHEM UN1403 General Chemistry I or their equivalents. The origin, evolution, and future of our planet, based on the book How to Build a Habitable Planet by Wallace S. Broecker. This course will focus on the geochemical processes that built Earth from solar material, led to its differentiation into continents and ocean, and have maintained its surface at a comfortable temperature. Students will participate in a hands-on geochemistry project at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 20 students (35 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, December 7, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number UN3101
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note Course prerequisites found here: https://eesc.columbia.edu/c
Section key 20243EESC3101W001