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| Approvals Pending: | College/Dean > Catalog | |
| Effective Status: | Active | |
| Effective Term: | 1103 - Spring 2010 | |
| Course: | GEO 2202 | |
| Institution: | UMNTC - Twin Cities | |
| Career: | UGRD | |
| College: | TIOT - Institute of Technology | |
| Department: | 11130 - Geology & Geophysics | |
| General | ||
| Course Title Short: | Earth History | |
| Course Title Long: | Earth History | |
| Max-Min Credits for Course: |
4.0 to 4.0 credit(s) | |
| Catalog Description: |
Major theoretical foundations (Big Bang cosmology, plate tectonics, evolution); formation of Earth and its evolution over 4.5 billion years; chemical evolution of the solid Earth, atmosphere, and ocean; origin and tectonic evolution of the continents; origin of life; patterns and processes in the history of life; long-term interactions between the geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. | |
| Print in Catalog?: | Yes | |
| CCE Catalog Description: |
<no text provided> | |
| Grading Basis: | A-F only | |
| Topics Course: | No | |
| Honors Course: | No | |
| Delivery Mode(s): | Classroom | |
| Instructor Contact Hours: |
3.0 hours per week | |
| Years most frequently offered: |
Every academic year | |
| Term(s) most frequently offered: |
Spring | |
| Component 1: |
LEC (with final exam) |
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| Component 2: |
LAB (no final exam) |
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| Auto-Enroll Course: |
Yes | |
| Graded Component: |
LAB | |
| Academic Progress Units: |
Not
allowed to bypass limits. 4.0 credit(s) |
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| Financial Aid Progress Units: |
Not
allowed to bypass limits. 4.0 credit(s) |
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| Repetition of Course: |
Repetition not allowed. | |
| Course Prerequisites for Catalog: |
Geo 2201, 2301, or instructors permission | |
| Course Equivalency: |
No course equivalencies | |
| Consent Requirement: |
No required consent | |
| Enforced Prerequisites: (course-based or non-course-based) |
No prerequisites | |
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| Proposal Changes: | <no text provided> | |
| History Information: | <no text provided> | |
| Faculty Sponsor Name: |
David Fox | |
| Faculty Sponsor E-mail Address: |
dlfox@umn.edu | |
| Liberal Education | ||
| Requirement this course fulfills: |
None | |
| Other requirement this course fulfills: |
None | |
| Criteria for Core Courses: |
<no text provided> | |
| Criteria for Theme Courses: |
<no text provided> | |
| Writing Intensive | ||
| Propose this course as Writing Intensive curriculum: |
No | |
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| Course Syllabus: |
GEO 2202: Earth
History
Spring semester, meeting time Syllabus Week 1: Beginnings T 20 Jan Overview, Science, Geology, Early Earth historians Th 22 Jan The Big Bang ESH: Ch. 1 Lab 0: No lab Week 2: Origin of Solar System T 27 Jan Star formation, stellar evolution, formation of the elements Th 29 Jan Origin of the Solar System ESH: Ch. 2 & 5 Lab 1: Geological time and relative dating Week 3: Differentiation of Earth T 3 Feb Formation of the moon, differentiation of core and mantle, continental crust Th 5 Feb Archean oceans and atmosphere ESH: Ch. 6 Lab 2: Absolute dating Week 4: Origin of life T 10 Feb Origin of life Th 12 Feb Origin of life ESH: Ch. 8 & 9 Lab 3: Depositional environments and processes Week 5: Biogeochemical cycling T 17 Feb Microbial metabolisms Th 19 Feb Whole Earth geochemical cycles: HCNOS ESH: Ch. 3 & 7 Lab 4: Depositional environments and processes Week 6: The more or less modern Earth System T 24 Feb Atmospheric evolution during the Archean and Proterozoic Th 26 Feb Continental accretion, Proterozoic tectonics and supercontinents ESH: Ch. 10 & 11 Lab 5: Carbon cycle Week 7: Life in the Proterozoic T 3 Mar Earth's climate system, Snowball Earth Th 5 Mar Origin of multicellular organisms and the Cambrian Explosion ESH: Ch. 4 & 12 Lab 6: Phylogeny and evolution Week 8: The Early Paleozoic T 10 Mar Evolution of marine ecosystems during the Paleozoic Th 12 Mar Taconic orogeny ESH: Ch. 12 & 13 Lab 7: Phylogeny and evolution Week 9: Spring break T 17 Mar Spring break Th 19 Mar Spring break ESH: Ch. 13 & 14 No lab Week 10: Middle and Late Paleozoic Era T 24 Mar Origin of terrestrial ecosystems during the Devonian Th 26 Mar Assembly of Pangea; Pennsylvanian coal swamps and glaciation ESH: Ch. 14 & 15 Lab 8: Invertebrate life Week 11: Late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic Era T 31 Mar Permo-Triassic extinction and recovery Th 2 Apr Break up of Pangea ESH: Ch. 15 Lab 9: Invertebrate life Week 12: The Mesozoic Era T 7 Apr Triassic faunas and evolution of dinosaurs Th 9 Apr Atmospheric and oceanic evolution during the Mesozoic ESH: Ch. 16 Lab 10: Vertebrate life Week 13: The late Mesozoic T 14 Apr Tectonics of the Cordillera Th 16 Apr Extinction of some dinosaurs and mammalian radiations ESH: Ch 17 & 18 Lab 11: Stratigraphy Week 14: The Cenozoic Era T 21 Apr PETM and the diversification of modern mammals Th 23 Apr Alpine-Himilayan orogeny, Basin and Range ESH: Ch. 19 & 20 Lab 12: Evolutionary rates Week 15: Neogene T 28 Apr Evolution of grasslands Th 30 Apr Human evolution ESH: Ch 20 Lab 13: Evolutionary rates Week 16: Global change T 5 May The Ice Age Th 7 May Climate change ESH: Ch 20 Lab 14: |
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