USU Honors 1360 Course Materials, Fall 2008

Course Syllabus

Announcements

  • Happy Holidays, and best wishes for a great 2009!

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    Assignments

  • Exercise I: Due 19 September 2008

  • Exercise II: Due 20 October 2008

  • Course Project Proposals: Due 10 November 2008

  • Exercise III: Due 24 November 2008

  • Final Course Project: Due 10 December 2008


    • PowerPoint Lecture Materials

  • 25 Aug: Course Introduction

  • 27 Aug: Course Intro: What is Science and How is it Done?

  • 29 Aug: Doing Science-- A Practical Primer

  • 03 Sep: On Stars and Origins of the Universe

  • 05 Sep: The Solar System, Our Sun

  • 08 Sep: The Solid Earth (and how we know)

  • 10 Sep: Near Earth Objects and the Alvarez Hypothesis

  • 12 Sep: Plate Tectonics I (Continental Drift)

  • 15 Sep: Plate Tectonics II (Sea-Floor Spreading)

  • 17 Sep: Plate Tectonics III: A New Theory

  • 19 Sep: Earthquake Concepts

  • 22 Sep: Earthquake Concepts

  • 24 Sep: Earthquake Processes

  • 26 Sep: Volcano Processes

  • 29 Sep: Mountain Building; Sedimentary Rock Processes

  • 01 Oct: Geologic Time

  • 03 Oct: Metamorphism; Landslide Hazards

  • 06 Oct: Hydrosphere and Water Cycle

  • 08 Oct: Measuring the Hydrosphere

  • 13 Oct: Cryosphere: Glacial Cycles

  • 15 Oct: Cryosphere: The Feedback Loop

  • 16 Oct: The Modern Cryosphere

  • 20 Oct: Greenhouse Gas and the Carbon Cycle

  • 22 Oct: The Carbon Cycle

  • 27 Oct: The Oceans

  • 29 Oct: The Oceans

  • 31 Oct: Thermohaline Circulation; Atmospheric Composition and Structure

  • 03 Nov: Atmospheric Circulation

  • 10 Nov: Atmospheric Circulation and Water

  • 12 Nov: Atmospheric Hydrology

  • 14 Nov: Atmos Hydro; Extreme Weather

  • 17 Nov: Weather Modeling; Climate Modeling

  • 19 Nov: Climate Modeling

  • 21 Nov: Climate Modeling; Life on Earth

  • 24 Nov: Life on Earth

  • 01 Dec: History and Origin of Life on Earth

  • 03 Dec: Origin of Life on Earth; Life and Climate

  • 05 Dec: The Global Warming End-Game