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GEOS-1124: Earth Resources, Society and Environment Laboratory

Description: Laboratory course on Earths resources including their nature, importance, occurrence, extraction, and environmental, social, and political impacts of consumption. Earths resources include metal ores, non-metallic resources which includes surface and ground water and non-renewable (e.g., fossil fuels) and renewable energy (e.g., hydroelectric). Sustainability, water quality and quantity, climate change, and ocean acidification related to resource extraction and consumption.

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

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 143

Average GPA: 3.72 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.04%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.13%

John A Chermak202483.3%13.5%1.8%0.3%0.8%0.2%3.7787
Marin Martin Hernandez200885.6%14.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.803
Madeline E Schreiber201178.4%19.2%1.4%0.5%0.5%0.0%3.7321
John P Gannon200878.1%17.8%2.8%0.0%1.4%0.0%3.724
Staff Staats200666.2%33.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.612
Pamela L Lauer200675.0%20.6%3.5%0.9%0.0%0.0%3.684
Staff Diesel200797.6%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.942
Carrie L Tyler200737.9%46.5%15.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.222
Oluyinka Oyewumi200976.8%20.8%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.733
Staff Shamsalsadati200956.9%39.8%3.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.542
Brian S Cook200535.8%36.1%14.9%8.0%5.1%0.0%2.924
Ankan Basu200475.7%19.9%3.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%3.693
Staff Hamm200785.0%15.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.822
Arvind K Sharma200571.6%26.1%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.702
Staff Thigpen200689.3%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.802

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