Section Info: GEOL-203-01

Course Title: The Earth's Surface

Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024

Term: Fall Semester 2024

Description: The surface of the Earth is a history book of past environmental change. Every hill and valley, every erosional feature and every deposit is the result of processes acting at the Earth's surface. In this course we study these processes (e.g. glaciers, rivers, slopes, coastlines, arid regions, frozen ground, cave formation, soil development and groundwater) to understand how they work and to understand the resulting landforms and deposits. With this understanding we can then observe different landforms and deposits and infer past processes (i.e. environments of deposition). Field work and trips allow students to explore first-hand the processes that have created and modified the Earth's surface.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Alan Werner	413-538-2134	awerner@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	10:00AM - 11:15AM	CLAP - Clapp Laboratory	327	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: One 100-level Geology course.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
ENVST-NS	ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science	This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area.
ENVST-CRSE	ENVST-EL: Env Studies Major Electives	This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor.
ENVST-CRSE	ENVST-EL: Env Studies Minor Electives	This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor.

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 18	Available: 0	Waitlist: 2

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Key Concepts in Geomorphology Author: Bierman and Montgomery, Paul R. and David R. Copyright: 2019 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: 1319059805 Publisher: Macmillian	Required	218.00

Additional Book Comments

This is the complete book list for this class.

Copies are on order at Available on-line

Instructor's comments about the book list: This book covers the main geomorphic systems we will cover this semester. There are used options and rentals available- Search on the title! The second edition is the one with the turquoise glacial lake on the cover.