ESC 151 - Earth Science
Credit Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 5
Prerequisites: RDG 090 and ENGL 090 and MATH 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C1 General Education Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
MTA Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FWSU
This course is designed to introduce students to the geologic and geophysical processes that occur on the surface and the interior of the planet Earth. Attention will also be given to climatic, atmospheric, and oceanic systems as well as the solar system and the observable universe. The emphasis in this course is on the broad concepts and fundamental principles of Earth Science and the application to human-environmental interactions. This course will require laboratory work.
Notes: Science Mathematics Division
Theory Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 30
Learning Outcomes:
1. Apply the characteristics and physical properties of common rocks and rock forming minerals that make up Earth’s crust to identify, classify, and explain how they formed.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Describe the properties of Earth’s interior and structural features, including the dynamic processes that influence plate tectonic processes and associated geologic hazards.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
3. Explain the pathways, variability, and interactions of water and the hydrologic cycle on Earth’s surface and subsurface.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
4. Describe the various landscape forming processes that act on the surface of the Earth (e.g. weathering and erosion) and those that occur from within Earth’s interior (mountain building, volcanism, earthquakes, etc.).
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
5. Explain the Earth-Sun relationship as a driver of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and local/regional weather and climate.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
6. Apply the methods and principals of both relative and absolute age dating to conceptualize and interpret geologic time.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
7. Describe the origin and nature of the solar system and other astronomical features and cosmological events observed in the universe.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
8. Describe and apply the procedures of the scientific method to interpret experimental results, perform data analysis, evaluate results, and draw conclusions.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
9. Perform accurate quantitative measurements using laboratory instrumentation and geophysical models.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
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