Full List of Courses Taken

ATMO 201H and 202(lab) - Atmospheric Science (Honors lecture)
Lecturer: Lee Panetta | Lab: Kevin Garrett

Syllabus
Lecture - Structure, energy, and motions of the atmosphere; climate; fronts and cyclones; atmospheric stability; clouds and precipitation; severe storms.
Lab - Practical laboratory experiments and exercises, conducted by students in the meteorology and computer laboratories, concerning the fundamental physical processes underlying atmospheric phenomena, and the collection, display and interpretation of meteorological information.

GEOL 1410 - Physical Geology
Lecturer/Lab: Carter Keairns

The study of materials making up the earth, the processes that act upon them, and the results of these processes; the development of tools for the interpretation of earth's history and structure, and the major geologic concepts.

GEOL 106 - Historical Geology
Lecturer: Ann Raymond | Lab: Meaghan Julian

Hypotheses of Earth's origin; age dating of geologic materials; development and history of life;plate tectonic reconstruction, geologic hisotry and paleogeography, with emphasis on the North American plate.

GEOL 203 - Mineralogy
Lecturer: Robert Popp | Lab: Lisa Welsh

Crystallography, crystal chemistry, mineral chemistry, optical crystallography, physical properties, and geologic occurrence of rock-forming and economic minerals.

GEOL 301 - Mineral Resources
Lecturer: Chris Matthewson | Lab: Josh Gowan

Syllabus
Origin, geologic relations and geographic distribution of mineral and energy resources; mineral economics, mining and reclamation and global economics in the resource industry; identification and classification of economic minerals including energy resources, base and precious metals, chemical industrial minerals and gemstones.

GEOL 302 - Intro to Petrology
Lecturer: Andrew Hajash | Lab: Lisa Welsh

Syllabus | Lab Syllabus
Introduction to the origin and evolution of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; classification and petrographic analysis of major rock types; relationships to tectonic settings.

GEOL 304 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Lecturer: Will Lamb | Lab: Rachel Wells

Syllabus
Origin, identification and classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks; genetic processes inferred from laboratory studies and field occurrences.

GEOL 305 - Paleobiology
Lecturer: Tom Olzewski | Lab: Leigh Fall

Syllabus | Lab Syllabus
Principles of paleobiology; study of organisms important in the marine fossil record; application of paleontology to geologic problems.

GEOL 306 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Lecturer: Cedric John | Lab: Clayton Mack

Origin of sediments and sedimentary rocks; climate, weathering, and weathering products; transport, deposition, and depositional environments for sediments; field and laboratory studies in description and interpretation of genesis of sedimentary rocks; principles of stratigraphy and basin analysis; plate tectonics and the formation of sedimentary basins; stratigraphic nomenclature; geologic time and correlation; sequence stratigraphy and basin architecture.

GEOL 309 - Intro to Geological Field Methods
Lecturer: Michael Heaney

Geological mapping methods, field observation procedures and data gathering and recording; use of Brunton compass; pace-and-compass mapping; topographic map use and interpretation; measurement of structural elements; interpretation of geologic map patterns; measurement of stratigraphic sections; construction of geologic cross sections; six day geologic mapping project during either spring break or two three-day weekends.

GEOL 311 - Principles of Geological Writing
Lecturer: Julie Newman

Syllabus
Principles of writing for geological reports; format and style for abstracts, grant proposals, journal manuscripts and industry reports; evaluating written reports for revision and editing; using proper referencing and citation style; methods of maintaining clarity in documents; using web tools for geological communication.

GEOL 312 - Structural Geology and Tectonics
Lecturer: John Spang | Lab: Anne Herrin

Interpretation of rock structures; their relation to stratigraphic, physiographic and economic problems; regional tectonics of several selected areas.

GEOL 440 - Engineering Geology
Lecturer: Chris Matthewson

Fundamentals of soil, rock and fluid mechanics and basic engineering practices as applied to the analysis of the geologic environment for engineering uses. Designed for geoscience majors who have not had engineering courses.

GEOL 451 - Intro to Geochemistry
Lecturer: Robert Popp

Chemical principles and processes responsible for the formation and cycling of earth materials, with emphasis on low temperature equilibria and kinetics in rock-water systems.

GEOP 341 - Intro to Global Geophysics
Lecturer: Phillip Rabinowitz

Introduction to the structure, composition and evolution of the Earth as inferred by geophysical methods; seismology, gravity and geodesy, magnetics, heat flow and concepts of plate tectonics.

GEOS 105 - Introduction to Environmental Geoscience
Lecturer: Bob Stewart and Vatche Tchakerian

Key concepts and generaizations of global environmental issues within an Earth systems science framework including climate change, air pollution, land and coastal degradation, water resourcse, and pollution, and habitat loss; environmental ethics, economics and politics;environmental issues in Texas.

GEOS 410 - Global Change
Lecturer: Mitch Lyle

The interaction of the earth, atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere and life, including the impact of human society on the environment and climate; global change modeling; politics, policy and decision making; and personal awareness.

GEOS 489 - Special Topic: Science and Politics of Global Climate Change
Lecturer: Andrew Dessler

Syllabus
An examination of the policy and scientific debate over climate change.  How scientific debates produce “knowledge”; how political debates produce policies; how policy debates use science; scientific evidence for climate change; impacts of climate change; possible responses to climate change; the political debate over climate change.

OCNG 251 and 252H(lab) - Oceanography (Honors lab)
Lecturer: Mary Jo Richardson | Lab: Ruth Mullins

Syllabus | Lab Syllabus
Lecture - Overview of the ocean environment; interrelation of the subdisciplines of ocean sciences; importance of the oceans to human beings; human impact on the oceans.
Lab - Practical laboratory experiments and exercises demonstrating principles of ocean sciences.

OCNG 485/640 - Chemical Oceanography
Lecturer: Shari Yvon-Lewis

Chemical composition and properties of seawater, evaluation of salinity, pH, excess base and carbon dioxide in sea. Marine nutrients, oxygen and other dissolved gases, organic constituents; laboratory exercises on routine analyses.

ANTH 1312 - Cultural Anthropology
Lecturer: Augustine Agwuele

Examines the nature of culture and its various aspects as these are manifest in contemporary and traditional societies. Provides for increased flexibility of human culture.

GEOG 1310 - World Geography
Lecturer: Adams, J. K.

This course stresses the similarities and differences of the major world regions. Emphasis is given to human behavior in a spatial context.

GEOG 304 - Geography of the United States
Lecturer: George Carter Jr.

Syllabus
Geographic personality (physical and cultural) of the United States.

GEOG 305 - Geography of Texas (honors)
Lecturer: Sarah Bednarz

Syllabus
Exploration into the geographic personality of Texas: past and current physical and biotic environments; cultural pluralism, including ethnic origins and distinctive human ecologies; and the social, economic and political sources of environmental problems.

GEOG 321 - Geography of Africa
Lecturer: Tina Mangieri

Syllabus
Systematic approach to the geography of Africa: physical factors; cultural types; economic patterns; current problems.

PLAN 365 - Intro to Urban and Regional Planning
Lecturer: Dawn Jourdan

Syllabus
Determinants of land use patterns; classification of uses; idealized conceptual alternatives; location and size criteria; mapping; comprehensive planning process, relationship to circulation planning.

CPSC 1318 - Foundations of Computer Science
Lecturer: Khosrow Kaikhah

An introductory course for majors and minors in computer science. The structure of the digital computer, data representation, the software process, good coding style, and algorithm development are stressed. The control structures of C++ are emphasized.

MATH 2471 - Calculus I
Lecturer: Xingde Jia

A first course in differential and integral calculus which stresses limits as well as the applications of calculus to the problems of science.

MATH 152 - Calculus II
Lecturer: Bogdan Petrenko

Differentiation and integration techniques and their applications (areas, volumes, work), improper integrals, approximate integration, analytic geometry, vectors, infinite series, power series, Taylor series, computer algebra (Maple).

MATH 251 - Calculus III
Lecturer: Raytcho Lazarov

Syllabus
Vector algebra, calculus of functions of several variables, partial derivatives, directional derivatives, gradient, multiple integration, line and surface integrals, Stokes' theorems.

MATH 308 - Differential Equations
Lecturer: Maurice Rahe

Ordinary differential equations, solutions in series, solutions using Laplace transforms, systems of differential equations.

STAT 303 - Statistical Methods
Lecturer: Trijya Singh

Syllabus
Intended for undergraduate students in the social sciences. Introduction to concepts of random sampling and statistical inference, estimation and testing hypotheses of means and variances, analysis of variance, regression analysis, chi-square tests.

GOVT 2305 - United States Government

This course is an introduction to United States national government. The course includes a framework for understanding United States government and politics and the constitutional basis for the processes, the institutions, and the policies of United States government and politics.

GOVT 2306 - Texas State and Local Government

This course is an introduction to Texas state and local government. The course includes an introduction to a framework for analyzing Texas government and politics and the constitutional basis for the processes, the institutions, and the policies of Texas government and politics.

HIST 1301 - United States History I

A study of the history of the United States to 1877.

HIST 1302 - United States History II

A study of the history of the United States from 1877 to present.

POLS 331 - Introduction to World Politics
Lecturer: Joon Park

Analysis of contemporary world from point of view of nation-state; political problems, factors involved in foreign policies and relations of nations.

POLS 340 - Intro to Public Administration
Lecturer: Paul Van Riper

Syllabus
American public administration; development of the public service; the political and constitutional context; organization theory; leadership and decision-making; personnel and resource staff functions; administrative law and regulation; ethics and administrative accountability.

CHEM 101 - Fundamentals of Chemistry I
Lecturer: Ahmed Mohamed

Lecture: Introduction to modern theories of atomic structure and chemical bonding; chemical reactions; stoichiometry; states of matter; solutions; equilibrium; acids and bases; coordination chemistry.
Lab: Introduction to methods and techniques of chemical experimentation; qualitative and semiquantitative procedures applied to investigative situations.

CHEM 102 - Fundamentals of Chemistry II
Lecturer: Ahmed Mohamed

Syllabus
Lecture: Theory and applications of oxidation-reductions systems; thermodynamics and kinetics; complex equilibria and solubility product; nuclear chemistry; descriptive inorganic and organic chemistry.
Lab: Introduction to analytical and synthetic methods and to quantitative techniques to both inorganic and organic compounds.

PHYS 218 - Mechanics
Lecturer: David Toback

Syllabus
Mechanics for students in science and engineering.

PHYS 2426 - Electricity and Magnetism
Lecturer: David Toback

Continuation of PHYS 218; electricity, magnetism and introduction to optics.

PHYS 306 - Basic Astronomy
Lecturer: Roland Allen

Qualitative approach to planets, stars, galaxies and cosmology; aspects of the sky, determining the properties of celestial bodies; birth, life and death of stars: nebulae, pulsars, supernovas, black holes; origin and fate of the universe; active galactic nuclei and other super-energetic phenomena; modern knowledge of the Solar System and its origin, life in our and other systems.

ARTS 1302 (3342) - Basic Drawing
Lecturer: Brian Row

Introduction to a variety of media and techniques for exploring descriptive and expressive possibilities in drawing.

COMM 1310 - Introduction to Communication
Lecturer: Jason Myres

Survey of communication topics, research, and contexts of communicative practice; overview of communication from both humanities and social science perspectives.

ENGL 1310 - College Writing I
Lecturer: D. J. Coleman

Expository writing as a means of exploring and shaping ideas. Emphasis on critical reading and the improvement of essays through revision.

ENGL 301 - Technical Writing
Lecturer: Peter England

Syllabus
Processes of developing field-specific technical information related to the major, including researching, drafting, editing, revising, and designing technical reports, proposals, manuals, resumes and professional correspondence for specific audiences.

KINE 198 - Heatlh and Fitness - Weight Training

Half lecture; half activity; student choice of designated fitness or strength related activities; lecture portion covers current health topics.

KINE 199 - Racquetball

Selection from a wide variety of activities designed to increase fitness and/or encourage the pursuit of lifetime activity.