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EPS/LS 170AC Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society
02:00-3:30 PM | 277 Cory
Instructor George Brimhall
EPS 170AC: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Spring 2006. Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their cultural influences today. Scientific approach to study of tectonic controls on the genesis and global distribution of energy fuels, metals, and industrial minerals. Evolution and diversity of opinion in attitudes about resource development, environmental management, and conservation on public, private, and tribal lands. Impending crisis in renewable energy and the imperative of resource literacy.
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Tue 1/17 |
Roadmap of Class - Lecture missed due to technical difficulties |
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Thu 1/19 |
The Great Basin During the Holocene and Peopleing the Land |
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Tue 1/24 |
A Country of Illusion |
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Thu 1/26 |
Native American Attitudes About Earth and Environment |
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Tue 1/31 |
How the Scientific Method Works |
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Thu 2/2 |
Colonialism issues in California: Spanish, Mexico, Russian |
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Tue 2/7 |
The California Gold Rush of 1849 |
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Thu 2/9 |
Chinese in the Gold Rush |
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Tue 2/14 |
Geronimo and the San Carlos Apaches of Arizona |
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Thu 2/16 |
South Dakota Gold Rush and The Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876 |
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Tue 2/21 |
How the West Was Won and Lost: Impact of Federal Policies |
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Thu 2/23 |
Role of Governmental Agencies in Land Management and Scientific Support |
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Tue 2/28 |
No Podcast Available |
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Thu 3/2 |
Midterm Review - No Lecture |
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Tue 3/7 |
Midterm 1 - No Lecture |
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Thu 3/9 |
No Lecture - Midterms Being Graded |
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Tue 3/14 |
Misuse of Land |
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Thu 3/16 |
Class Interview with Taeko Okamura |
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Tue 3/21 |
How to Conduct a Research Project and Do an Effective Poster |
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Thu 3/23 |
Nuclear Fuels |
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Tue 3/28 |
Spring Recess |
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Thu 3/30 |
Spring Recess |
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Tue 4/4 |
Manifest Destiny I: One Interpretation of the Westward Movement |
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Thu 4/6 |
No Lecture |
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Tue 4/11 |
Activism Today by Sylvia McLauglin, Leader of Save the Bay |
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Thu 4/13 |
(pocast Not Available) Role of the Military in Resolution of Global Issues and World Peace |
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Tue 4/18 |
(Podcast Not Available) The Future of Oil Exploration: Joe Stefani (Chevron), Guest Lecturer |
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Thu 4/20 |
Resource Development |
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Tue 4/25 |
(No Podcast) Movie of Poster Presenters & Discussion |
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Thu 4/27 |
Resources Literacy |
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Tue 5/2 |
Corporations and Earth Resources |
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Thu 5/4 |
(No Podcast Available) Urban and Public Land Use Issues |
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Tue 5/9 |
No Podcast |
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