PH103 - Earth Science w/Lab

5 Credit(s)

This course includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. The student explores basic principles of geology, meteorology, and astronomy. The geology portion includes rocks and minerals, erosion processes, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and geologic time. The meteorology portion includes oceans, Earth’s atmosphere, atmospheric moisture, pressure, wind, fronts, and storms. The astronomy portion includes the solar system, stars, galaxies, cosmology, and relativity. The student practices these principles in the laboratory. This course is not intended for science majors.

General Education Designation: Natural Science and Math
Book Requirements: Y
Transfer: N