The Earth is a complex of interrelated systems, all of which fall under the umbrella of Earth Science. This course is an introduction to some of Earths systems: the Exosphere (the Universe and everything in it, including the Earth); the Geosphere (geology, the study of rocks and the history they record); Hydrosphere (liquid and frozen water moving on and under the surface of the Earth); the Atmosphere (the gas envelope blanketing the Earth); and the Biosphere (the relationships of living things on Earth). These systems interact, and a perturbation in one sphere may have lasting effects on others (for example, global climate change). This course includes a laboratory in which students gain hands-on experience with Earth materials.

Location

Bausch & Lomb Room 106 (MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM)

The Earth is a complex of interrelated systems, all of which fall under the umbrella of Earth Science. This course is an introduction to some of Earths systems: the Exosphere (the Universe and everything in it, including the Earth); the Geosphere (geology, the study of rocks and the history they record); Hydrosphere (liquid and frozen water moving on and under the surface of the Earth); the Atmosphere (the gas envelope blanketing the Earth); and the Biosphere (the relationships of living things on Earth). These systems interact, and a perturbation in one sphere may have lasting effects on others (for example, global climate change). This course includes a laboratory in which students gain hands-on experience with Earth materials.

Location

Hutchison Hall Room 138 (T 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

The Earth is a complex of interrelated systems, all of which fall under the umbrella of Earth Science. This course is an introduction to some of Earths systems: the Exosphere (the Universe and everything in it, including the Earth); the Geosphere (geology, the study of rocks and the history they record); Hydrosphere (liquid and frozen water moving on and under the surface of the Earth); the Atmosphere (the gas envelope blanketing the Earth); and the Biosphere (the relationships of living things on Earth). These systems interact, and a perturbation in one sphere may have lasting effects on others (for example, global climate change). This course includes a laboratory in which students gain hands-on experience with Earth materials.

Location

Hutchison Hall Room 138 (M 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

The Earth is a complex of interrelated systems, all of which fall under the umbrella of Earth Science. This course is an introduction to some of Earths systems: the Exosphere (the Universe and everything in it, including the Earth); the Geosphere (geology, the study of rocks and the history they record); Hydrosphere (liquid and frozen water moving on and under the surface of the Earth); the Atmosphere (the gas envelope blanketing the Earth); and the Biosphere (the relationships of living things on Earth). These systems interact, and a perturbation in one sphere may have lasting effects on others (for example, global climate change). This course includes a laboratory in which students gain hands-on experience with Earth materials.

Location

Hutchison Hall Room 138 (W 2:00PM - 4:40PM)

This course will explore the Earth's dynamic climate system through lectures, discussions and computer-based modeling of climate processes. We will work toward an understanding of several fundamental and important questions. What are the main factors that determine the Earth's climate? What forces can drive climate to change? What can we learn from climate change in the Earth's distant past, when our planet experienced periods of both extreme cold and warmth? How do we know that our climate is now changing? What can we expect from the Earth's climate in the near future and how would it affect us? While the course is designed to be accessible to all students, a working knowledge of high school level algebra is expected; it is also expected that you have taken high school level chemistry. 

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Hutchison Hall Room 140 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

This course will explore the Earth's dynamic climate system through lectures, discussions and computer-based modeling of climate processes. We will work toward an understanding of several fundamental and important questions. What are the main factors that determine the Earth's climate? What forces can drive climate to change? What can we learn from climate change in the Earth's distant past, when our planet experienced periods of both extreme cold and warmth? How do we know that our climate is now changing? What can we expect from the Earth's climate in the near future and how would it affect us? While the course is designed to be accessible to all students, a working knowledge of high school level algebra is expected; it is also expected that you have taken high school level chemistry. 

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Harkness Room 114 (M 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

This course will explore the Earth's dynamic climate system through lectures, discussions and computer-based modeling of climate processes. We will work toward an understanding of several fundamental and important questions. What are the main factors that determine the Earth's climate? What forces can drive climate to change? What can we learn from climate change in the Earth's distant past, when our planet experienced periods of both extreme cold and warmth? How do we know that our climate is now changing? What can we expect from the Earth's climate in the near future and how would it affect us? While the course is designed to be accessible to all students, a working knowledge of high school level algebra is expected; it is also expected that you have taken high school level chemistry. 

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Goergen Hall Room 102 (R 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

This course will explore the Earth's dynamic climate system through lectures, discussions and computer-based modeling of climate processes. The course is designed to be accessible to all students. We will work toward an understanding of several fundamental and important questions. What are the main factors that determine the Earth's climate? What forces can drive climate to change? What can we learn from climate change in the Earth's distant past, when our planet experienced periods of both extreme cold and warmth? How do we know that our climate is now changing? What can we expect from the Earth's climate in the near future and how would it affect us?

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Harkness Room 114 (W 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

Distribution, description, classification, and origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the light of theoretical-experimental multicomponent phase equilibria studies; use of trace elements and isotopes as tracers in rock genesis; hand specimen and microscopic examinations of the major rock types in the laboratory.

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Hutchison Hall Room 138 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)

Distribution, description, classification, and origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the light of theoretical-experimental multicomponent phase equilibria studies; use of trace elements and isotopes as tracers in rock genesis; hand specimen and microscopic examinations of the major rock types in the laboratory.

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Hutchison Hall Room 138 (R 11:05AM - 1:45PM)

PREREQUISITES: CHEM 131, MATH 161

Most introductory courses to chemical oceanography cover a variety of topics that are only related because they are under the broad umbrella of chemical oceanography. Some of these topics include reaction rates, gas solubility and air/sea exchange, carbon dioxide and inorganic carbon chemistry, marine nutrients, organic constituents, and global chemical distributions. Similarly, most discussions of climate change and chemical oceanography only touch on ocean acidification. This course seeks to provide the same broad perspective to conventional chemical oceanography courses but will interweave the unifying theme of climate change into these numerous and diverse topics.

Location

Gavett Hall Room 310 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

Physical flow of water through the natural environment and use as a resource for human consumption. Physical and chemical properties, global water balance, basics of hydrology. Understanding and calculating water flows: precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, surface and subsurface runoff, and atmospheric processes. Causes of scarcity and surplus. Human uses: storage in dams, municipal usage, agriculture, energy. Sensitivity of water systems to climate change, population growth, and economic drivers.

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Hylan Building Room 202 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

Physical flow of water through the natural environment and use as a resource for human consumption. Physical and chemical properties, global water balance, basics of hydrology. Understanding and calculating water flows: precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, surface and subsurface runoff, and atmospheric processes. Causes of scarcity and surplus. Human uses: storage in dams, municipal usage, agriculture, energy. Sensitivity of water systems to climate change, population growth, and economic drivers.

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Frederick Douglass Room 403 (M 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

Physical flow of water through the natural environment and use as a resource for human consumption. Physical and chemical properties, global water balance, basics of hydrology. Understanding and calculating water flows: precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, surface and subsurface runoff, and atmospheric processes. Causes of scarcity and surplus. Human uses: storage in dams, municipal usage, agriculture, energy. Sensitivity of water systems to climate change, population growth, and economic drivers.

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Morey Room 525 (R 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

See description for EES 213. This is the writing requirement section.

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Hylan Building Room 202 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)

See description for EES 213. This is the writing requirement section.

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Frederick Douglass Room 403 (M 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

See description for EES 213. This is the writing requirement section.

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Morey Room 525 (R 3:25PM - 6:05PM)

PREREQUISITES: PHYS 121 or equivalent)

A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century.

Location

Lechase Room 181 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)

A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century.

Location

Lechase Room 103 (F 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

PREREQUISITES: PHYS 121 or equivalent

A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century.

Location

Lechase Room 181 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)

PREREQUISITES: PHYS 121 or equivalent

A broad and quantitative overview of the basic features of Earth's climate system and the underlying physical processes. Topics include the global energy balance, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, weather systems, surface processes, ocean circulation, and climate variability and forecasting. Students will understand what drives present-day temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, as well as major modes of natural climate variability including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon and Ice Age cycles, and extreme weather. We will learn how the rise of human civilization has influenced the climate system, and how this legacy and our future actions can influence climate in the coming century.

Location

Lechase Room 103 (F 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

The basic paleomagnetic methods used to determine absolute plate motions are reviewed. Applications include the potential cause and effect relationship between changes in absolute plate motions, mantle plume volcanism, orogeny, and climate change.

Location

Hutchison Hall Room 138 (MWF 11:50AM - 12:40PM)

The Sudbury basin is the second largest basin on Earth and located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, which is approximately 6.5-hour car ride from Rochester, NY. The basin also hosts the largest impact-induced melt sheet on Earth and is the perfect basin to understand formation of such melt sheets, which can be found on Earth, the Moon, and elsewhere. The course includes a field trip, lab work, lectures, numerical modeling, and image analysis. The ultimate goal of this course is to understand the Sudbury impact basin as an analogue site to understand planetary impact events. Field trip participation is required, unless special arrangements are made with the instructor.

Location

Hylan Building Room 303 (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)

The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the equilibrium and kinetic processes governing the elemental and isotopic composition of earth materials (rocks, fluids, and minerals). We will explore the fundamentals of application-based thermodynamics. Recognizing that not all systems achieve or maintain equilibrium, we aim to understand the kinetics of earth materials that can influence chemical composition.  Prior to enrolling in this course, students should have a basic understanding of mineralogy and chemistry.

Location

Hutchison Hall Room 138 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

Definitions and metrics of sustainability. Properties of systems. Relevant issues at different scales, from building to campus to community. Resource use, waste production, procurement policies, transportation, and social dimensions. This is a closure course for EVS and ESP majors

Location

Meliora Room 209 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

See EES 320 and EES Department Writing Plan. This section fulfills the upper level writing requirement.

Location

Meliora Room 209 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)

Attendance of all primary class lectures. Assist in at least one laboratory session per week and general preparation for answering student questions. Preparation and delivery of at least one laboratory lecture and summary discussion following the lab. Assistance with setup and dismantling of extensive lab displays of rocks, fossils and maps. Assistance with grading of lab quizzes and homework assignments and in proctoring exams.

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( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in EESC 208

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( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for EESC 105

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( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

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( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Students must have permission. Interested students should meet with their advisor regarding course content.

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

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( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Senior Thesis

Location

( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Students should contact their major advisor for details. Closure course for Environmental Studies majors (ESP) and Environmental Science majors (EVS)

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

Location

( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed thru the instructions for online independent study registration.

Location

( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)