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ESC1000: EARTH SCIENCE
ESC1000
EARTH SCIENCE
20251
Writing Credit
No
International/Intercultural
No
Elective Flag
Yes
  • Critical Thinking
    • CLO 1: 1.0 Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories. Students will analyze and synthesize earth science data to draw scientifically valid conclusions. Students will apply their understanding of earth science principles to complex global and local issues.\n\n\n\n\n\n
    • CLO 2: 2.0 The student shall be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of: 1) the building blocks of the solid earth (rocks, minerals, elements, atoms), and of the 2) earth's external processes of weathering, soil development, stream flow, ground water systems, glaciation and desert formation; 3) the earth's internal process of earthquakes, igneous activity and mountain building; 4) the relationship of both the internal and external processes of the earth to plate tectonics and recognize the importance of the earth as a great internal heat engine; and 5) Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different earth processes.\n\n
    • CLO 3: 3.0 The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the unifying principles and processes that bind physics, chemistry, biology and geology to the study of the world's ocean. Students will effectively describe interactions between humans and the ocean sphere.
    • CLO 4: 4.0 The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the processes that govern the physics of the atmosphere, starting with heating by the sun and the consequences of the earth's motion on atmospheric phenomena, weather and climate. This includes a basic understanding of the composition, structure and temperature of the earth's atmosphere, the importance of moisture in the atmosphere, air pressure and wind, weather patterns and severe storms, air-ocean interactions, as well as world climates. The student should also demonstrate an awareness of human impact on the atmosphere and how this relates to global change.\n
  • Ethical Reasoning
    • CLO 1: 1.0 Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories. Students will analyze and synthesize earth science data to draw scientifically valid conclusions. Students will apply their understanding of earth science principles to complex global and local issues.\n\n\n\n\n\n
  • Mathematical & Scientific Reasoning
    • CLO 1: 1.0 Students will use critical thinking to recognize the rigorous standards of scientific theories. Students will analyze and synthesize earth science data to draw scientifically valid conclusions. Students will apply their understanding of earth science principles to complex global and local issues.\n\n\n\n\n\n
    • CLO 2: 2.0 The student shall be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of: 1) the building blocks of the solid earth (rocks, minerals, elements, atoms), and of the 2) earth's external processes of weathering, soil development, stream flow, ground water systems, glaciation and desert formation; 3) the earth's internal process of earthquakes, igneous activity and mountain building; 4) the relationship of both the internal and external processes of the earth to plate tectonics and recognize the importance of the earth as a great internal heat engine; and 5) Students will recognize the different time scales associated with different earth processes.\n\n
    • CLO 3: 3.0 The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the unifying principles and processes that bind physics, chemistry, biology and geology to the study of the world's ocean. Students will effectively describe interactions between humans and the ocean sphere.
    • CLO 4: 4.0 The student shall: be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the processes that govern the physics of the atmosphere, starting with heating by the sun and the consequences of the earth's motion on atmospheric phenomena, weather and climate. This includes a basic understanding of the composition, structure and temperature of the earth's atmosphere, the importance of moisture in the atmosphere, air pressure and wind, weather patterns and severe storms, air-ocean interactions, as well as world climates. The student should also demonstrate an awareness of human impact on the atmosphere and how this relates to global change.\n
 
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