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ESS 314: Geophysics: Expedition to Planet Earth (5) NW

Course Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/roe/Web_page_314/ESS314/Main.html

(last updated Aut 13)

Quick Info

Instructors: Gerard Roe and Ken Creager
Offered: Autumn Quarter
Credits: 5 Credits
Format: 1 hour lecture MTWTh, (1) 2 hour lab F.
Course Fee: none
Prerequisites: MATH 126 or ESS 310; either PHYS 115 and PHYS 118 or PHYS 122 or permission of the instructor
Sample Syllabus: We don't seem to have a sample syllabus. You may request one from the instructor.

Learning Goals

By the end of the class students will:

  1. Examine how future expedition of extreterrestrial humanoids could use geophysical data, physical principles, and mathematical techniques to decide whether they should colonize
  2. understand why the indigenous civilization became extinct

Other Info

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