Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

Origin of Earth, continents, and life. Continental movements, changing climates, and evolving life.

An introduction to processes and forces that form the surface and the interior of the Earth. Topics include, changes in climate, the history of life, as well as earth resources and their uses.

This course is designed to help students successfully complete their MES Capstone. A set of milestones will be set and regular meetings will be held in groups and individually to aid the student as they complete the research portion of their degree.We will be working together to complete a series of steps towards the final project. These steps fall into five major areas 1) Reviewing the literature; 2) Finding a model; 3) Framing your research; 4) managing data; and 5) Writing your results. Throughout the semester, we will also discuss career goals and the job search.

This course explores the nature and use of raster-based geographic information systems (GIS) for the analysis and synthesis of spatial patterns and processes through 'cartographic modeling'. Cartographic modeling is a general but well defined methodology that can be used to address a wide variety of analytical mapping applications in a clear and consistent manner. It does so by decomposing both data and data-processing tasks into elemental components that can then be recomposed with relative ease and with great flexibility.