Durham
Engineering&Physical Sciences :: Earth Sciences
ESCI 402 (01) - Earth History
Earth History
Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
16
CRN: 50028
Special Fees: $20.00
CRN: 50028
Special Fees: $20.00
Course provides knowledge and skills necessary to interpret, understand, and appreciate the Earth's 4.6 billion-year history. The first third of the course introduces basic principles, including geological materials, plate tectonics, geological time, fossil preservation, and biological evolution. The remainder of the course tells the story of Earth history through case studies that illustrate scientific methods used to reconstruct critical events in our planet's evolution through time. Topics include the origin of the Earth, the Cambrian explosion of life, building of the Appalachians, assembly of Pangaea, the rise and fall of dinosaurs, the formation of the Rocky Mountains, mammalian evolution, human origins, and Pleistocene glaciation. Students gain experience in making geological observations through laboratory exercises and during one afternoon field trip. Lab.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Attributes: Physical Science(Discovery), Discovery Lab Course
Instructors: Sophie Coulson
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/23/2024 | 5/6/2024 | MWF | 11:10am - 12:00pm | JAMS G46 | |
1/23/2024 | 5/6/2024 | M | 1:10pm - 3:30pm | JAMS 240 | |
Final Exam | 5/10/2024 | 5/10/2024 | F | 10:30am - 12:30pm | JAMS G46 |