NEW COURSE PROPOSAL |
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Originator |
Timothy
Fisher,
x2883, mailto:timothy.fisher@utoledo.edu |
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College |
Arts
and Sciences |
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Department |
EEES |
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Level |
Undergraduate/Graduate |
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Program Change |
No |
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Type of Course |
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Alpha Code |
EEES-4200/5200 |
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Title |
Quaternary Geology |
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Starting |
Spring
2006 |
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Enrollment |
12 |
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Cross-Lists/Levels |
Yes |
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Hours |
Fixed:
3 |
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Delivery Mode |
Lecture |
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Frequency |
Spring,
alternate years |
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Reg. >1/semester |
No |
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Repeat for Credit |
No |
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Grading |
Normal
(A-F, PS/NC. PR, I) |
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Pre-/Co-requisites |
EEES-3200
or Consent of the Instructor |
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Catalog Description |
To provide understanding of such cyclical events as climate
change, sea level fluctuations, vegetation change, and ice sheet
paleogeography during the Quaternary Period and to explore future changes for
planet Earth. |
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Syllabus |
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Curriculum Fit |
Quaternary geology
provides a bridge between geology and ecology within the EEES department.
This course will also provide an additional senior level option. Much of the
world, especially the coastal areas and northern fringes of the conterminous
United States owe their landscape, soils and many other resources to the
activity of glaciers, changes in seal level, vegetation and climate during
the Quaternary Period (the last two million years of Earth history). Many of
our students are employed in the environmental sector that requires knowledge
of Quaternary-aged sediment and landforms, and with the knowledge and methods
gained in this course, students will be better enabled to understand the most
recent glacial and non-glacial sediments and landforms at or near the surface
of the Earth. |
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Similarity to Other Courses |
None |