EEPS 219: Energy and the Environment
The course for non-majors will examine the topic of energy from many human-relevant perspectives. The course integrates active learning methods with tradition lectures and guest presentation. Humans use an enormous amount of energy, at the staggering rate of 18 terawatts. Where does this energy come from? How long will it last? What are the consequences? This course will examine these questions and look at energy resources and their consumption from scientific, social, economic, and political viewpoints. The course will first examine what energy is, as well its relation to other concepts such as heat, work, and power. We will then look at the way that energy is used by society. We will examine the different sources of energy, their availabilities, the pros and cons of using them, their consequences, and their futures.
Here is a copy of the syllabus from Fall, 2021.
_______________________________________
EEPS 353: Earth Forces
This course is designed to provide students with a clear, exciting, and intuition-based understanding of the complex and interconnected structure and evolution of Earth. It is designed to address topics usually taught under the domain of “geophysics,” (thus the title, “Earth Forces”), and is designed to complement the other undergraduate foundations course, “Earth Materials,” EEPS352. This course is designed to be able to be taken and appreciated by three different groups of students: 1) geoscience majors who plan to take higher-level geophysics courses, 2) geoscience majors who do not plan to take higher-level geophysics courses, and 3) students majoring in other sciences.
Here is a copy of the syllabus from Spring, 2021.
_______________________________________
EPSc 452: Introduction to Seismology
Introduction to the study of earthquakes, seismic wave propagation, data analysis and processing, earthquake mechanisms, seismic contraints on the structure of the Earth, and the relationship of seismicity to plate tectonics. Prerequisites: EPSc 353 and Math 217, or permission of instructor.
Here is a copy of the syllabus from Fall, 2019.