{"id":318,"date":"2014-10-22T19:59:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/ees\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2014-10-24T20:52:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T20:52:40","slug":"student-learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/ees\/student-learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Learning Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Natural Hazards &amp; Disasters &#8211; GEOL 1301<\/h2>\n<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>describe the scientific method as applied in the earth sciences; and<\/li>\n<li>describe common earth materials and their relationship to natural hazards; and<\/li>\n<li>explain how Earth and Solar System processes create hazards to life and property; and<\/li>\n<li>describe and explain the most common methods used to mitigate and prepare for each type of hazardous natural process; and<\/li>\n<li>explain the causes and effects of global climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Environmental Geology &#8211; GEOL 1305<\/h2>\n<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>describe the scientific method as applied in the earth sciences; and<\/li>\n<li>explain the hydrologic cycle and theory of plate tectonics as related to natural hazards and earth resources; and<\/li>\n<li>describe common earth materials and their relationship to environmental hazards; and<\/li>\n<li>explain how earth processes create hazards to life and property; and<\/li>\n<li>describe the occurrence and formation of earth resources and significant environmental effects caused by their extraction, processing, and use; and<\/li>\n<li>describe the major sources of water, soil, and sediment pollution and methods for their management; and<\/li>\n<li>explain the causes and effects of global climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Physical Geology &#8211; GEOL 1403<\/h2>\n<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>describe the scientific method and apply it in a geological context; and<\/li>\n<li>describe Earth\u2019s major systems and explain how they interact; and<\/li>\n<li>identify common rocks and minerals and interpret how they form; and<\/li>\n<li>describe and interpret the development of landforms and geologic structures; and<\/li>\n<li>construct and interpret geologic and topographic maps, cross-sections, and topographic profiles; and<\/li>\n<li>explain the plate tectonic theory and explain its relationship to earth processes, features, and landforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Historical Geology &#8211; GEOL 1404<\/h2>\n<p>Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>identify common sedimentary rocks and structures, and describe and interpret their origin and distribution; and<\/li>\n<li>describe the sedimentological, paleoclimatic, tectonic, and biological history of the Earth with a focus on North America; and<\/li>\n<li>explain and apply the basic principles of stratigraphy, paleoecology, and geochronology; and<\/li>\n<li>explain the theory of biological evolution and how it explains the distribution, diversity, and extinction of organisms; 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