Earth Sciences (ES)

Contact the Earth Sciences Department for further information, (760)

744-1150, ext. 2512.

COURSE OFFERINGS

ES 100 The Earth as a System (3)

3 hours lecture

Transfer acceptability: CSU; UC

An overview of the fields of geology, geography, oceanography, and astronomy that approaches Earth as a system. Areas of study will include those related to plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, geologic time, landscape evolution, weather systems, ocean circulation, climate change, and exploration of the solar system.

ES 105 Earth System Science: Climate Change (3)

3 hours lecture

Transfer acceptability: CSU; UC

Introduction to the science of global change that includes an

overview of the international political debate and the mechanisms of

the climate system. Topics also examine climate change on different

time scales including the Ice Ages and the outlook for climate

change.

ES 110 Earth System Science: Life in the

Universe (3)

3 hours lecture

Transfer acceptability: CSU; UC

Introduction to astrobiology, a multi-disciplinary field of science that

investigates questions related to life on Earth, the nearby Solar

System, and the Universe in general. Students will gain an

appreciation of many fields of science as they apply to one of the

most profound questions one can ask about our world: Are we the

only life in the universe?