NSC22160 - Introduction to Earth Sciences

(4 units)

Introduction to topics from chemistry, geology, and astronomy; discusses the structure of atoms, the periodic table, chemical reactions, earth’s geological structure and earthquakes, and stars and the solar system; taught through lectures, films, demonstrations, etc. This introductory earth and space science course covers basic principles from the fields of geology, astronomy, oceanography, and meteorology. Minerals and rocks, natural processes acting at the earth’s surface and within the Earth, plate tectonics, geologic time and dating, composition and motions of the Earth, solar system, phases of the moon, origin and life cycles of stars, galaxies, water movements, ocean floor, weather and climate, along with other related topics will be studied.