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GEOL 305 - Water and the Environment


Units: 3 GE

Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning II.A., Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning. Recommended: GEOL 100  or GEOG 101 .

Movement of fresh water on earth. Hydrologic cycling of water from precipitation, runoff, infiltration, stream and groundwater flow to the ocean. Problems caused by over-use of water resources, urbanization, and water pollution examined with case studies.

Note: Not acceptable to the B.S. degree in geological sciences, except for the emphasis in environmental geosciences.