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
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 45
Average GPA: 3.53 (rounds to A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.04%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.09%
| Laura R Neser | 2024 | 85.6% | 10.7% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 3.80 | 10 |
| John A Chermak | 2024 | 61.0% | 32.0% | 4.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 3.51 | 22 |
| David M Sublett | 2021 | 57.4% | 15.0% | 11.4% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 10.9% | 3.44 | 3 |
| Luca Fedele | 2020 | 53.1% | 32.0% | 11.1% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 3.33 | 10 |