| Course description: | (Formerly GEOL 123) This course explores the history of resource usage through time and the economics, extraction, processing and use of Earth resources. A systematic review of fossil fuel, metallic, and nonmetallic resource formation and 413 revised 1/29/2019 usage is a central theme. At the end of this course students will understand how resources have impacted the history and development of civilization from ancient times to today. Students will also understand the processes by which different types of resources are formed, extracted, processed, and utilized by modern society. Concurrent enrollment: GEOL 1115L. (S) |
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