EASC 106: Earth Through Time
| Credits: | 3 |
Pre-requisites: | None |
Lecture (hrs/week): | 3 |
| Terms: | Fall, Spring |
Co-requisites: | None |
Lab (hrs/week): | 0 |
| Instructors: | Kirste, MacEachern, Dunlop | Breadth - Science | |||
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Description:
EASC 106 is an introduction to the changes that the Earth has experienced, from its initial formation to the present day, and is intended for non-majors. Topics include changes in plate tectonic style, mountain building periods, glaciations during Earth history, formation of life, the fossil record and evolution, major extinctions, and the rise of man.
Course Topics- Formation of the Earth.
- Time and geology
- The Earth’s dynamic crust and plate tectonic theory
- Evolution and the nature of the fossil record.
- Precambrian Earth
- Paleozoic Earth; Devonian extinction, Permian extinction
- Mesozoic Earth; Cretaceous extinction
- Cenozoic Earth, rise of man
"Visualizing Earth History", 1st Edition; Babcock, L.E. 2009. Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-72490-2
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