An analysis of various engineering solutions and land use planning approaches concerning these problems will be examined. At least one field trip will be required. Possibly one or two optional field trips will be taken in which students will have to make a deposit to cover the cost of chartering a vehicle. Two lectures and one two-hour lab per week. The course will be offered during the Fall semester of the even numbered year.
Emphasis is placed on the local area which is studied on a number of field trips.
One or more field trips. A special fee will be assessed to those students electing to participate on an optional field trip to cover the cost of chartering a bus. An introduction to mineralogy with emphasis on the principles of crystallography, physical mineralogy, chemical mineralogy and the systematic classification of minerals. Three lectures and one two-hour lab per week. One or more field trips.