This introductory course teaches an understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, including the forces producing weather and climate, the dynamics of air movements, pressure changes, mass density, volume relationships, as applied to the changing atmosphere, and the production of hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. Meteorological instrumentation is studied in laboratory experiments designed to integrate theory with practice, together with the production of weather maps by students from empirical data recorded in the laboratory. This course is designed primarily for students majoring in science or engineering. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory. A study of the sediments, rocks, structure, geophysics, microfossils, stratigraphy and history of the ocean basins and their margins.
Laboratory includes field work.
Six hours weekly. This course serves as an introduction to astronomy and astrophysics for all science and engineering students, including qualified freshmen. Subjects covered include astronomical observations and instrumentation, radiation mechanisms, celestial mechanics, the solar system, stellar spectra, stellar structure and evolution, variable stars, compact stars, the interstellar medium, the Milky Way, external galaxies, and cosmology. Three hours lecture, one hour recitation, three hours laboratory. Principles of physical geology designed to illustrate the interactions between geology and engineering.