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GEOS-1024: Earth Resources, Society, and Environment

Description: Introduction to the Earths resources including their nature, formation, occurrence, extraction, distribution, consumption, and waste management and disposal using an integrated cradle to grave analysis. Population, the Earths metallic and non-metallic resources, rare earth elements, non-renewable and renewable energy and water. Social, environmental, economic and political impacts resource production and consumption have had historically, currently, and that are predicted into the future including current and future sources of energy in the United States and internationally. Sustainability, water abundance and quality, fracking, climate change, ocean acidification, and ozone depletion.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: GEOS-4184

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 153

Average GPA: 3.19 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.79%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.95%

Luca Fedele202039.9%40.0%14.1%2.6%1.7%1.6%3.1740
John A Chermak202446.8%39.9%10.4%1.6%0.8%0.4%3.3164
Viktoras A Liogys200819.0%39.4%21.9%13.2%6.5%0.0%2.445
Neil E Johnson201217.2%47.4%28.4%6.0%0.9%0.2%2.7211
Laura R Neser202484.2%12.1%2.6%0.6%0.3%0.2%3.788
David M Sublett202157.4%15.0%11.4%5.3%0.0%10.9%3.443
Kimbell Knight201112.4%46.0%29.5%7.3%1.8%2.9%2.615
Staff Haus200843.3%28.4%19.4%9.0%0.0%0.0%3.051
Staff Cannatelli200755.4%35.1%8.1%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.411
Patricia M Dove200627.8%52.0%17.1%2.7%0.5%0.0%3.072
Madeline E Schreiber201239.5%40.2%15.0%3.6%1.5%0.2%3.139
Michael F Hochella200755.2%40.1%4.5%0.2%0.0%0.0%3.483
Staff Jameson200919.7%52.1%24.9%1.7%1.7%0.0%2.861

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