Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Wake County Extension Center · Courses
ESC
7 courses with the subject ESC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ESC 100Rocks and Minerals Survey3
3 lecture, 0 lab, 3 total contact hours Provides a survey of earth materials, their origins, chemistry, structure, identification, classification and uses, with an emphasis on minerals and rocks used in everyday life, and their impact on health and the environment. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907 Typically offered: Spring
3 lecture, 0 lab, 3 total contact hours Designed to give the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of basic concepts in geology, atmospheric science and astronomy. IAI P1 905 Typically offered: Fall
Placement into college-level mathematics without support.
ESC 110Exploring the Earth and Universe4
3 lecture, 2 lab, 5 total contact hours Examines topics in geology including rocks, minerals, plate tectonics and geologic time; meteorology including atmospheric science, severe weather and atmospheric dynamics; astronomy including the origins of modern astronomy, introduction to planetary science and cosmology.. IAI P1 905L Typically offered: Fall
Placement into college-level mathematics without support.
ESC 111Physical Geology4
3 lecture, 2 lab, 5 total contact hours Provides an introduction to the earth's inerals, rocks and natural resources and the processes which have shaped the Earth's surface such as sedimentation, mountain building, and action of water, wind, ice and downslope movements. Covers Earth's fundamental structure and the behavior of Earth materials. Focuses on the roles of volcanism, earthquakes, sea-floor spreading and paleomagnetism in exp Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 lecture, 2 lab, 5 total contact hours Includes basic principles of historical geology, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, geologic time, reading the fossil record, the evolution of Earth through time, evolution of life through time, and the geologic story of the North American continent. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907L Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
3 lecture, 2 lab, 5 total contact hours Examines the relationships between humans and the geological environment. Includes the study of use and abuse of natural resources such as water, minerals, and energy; an overview of natural hazards; an examination of urban geology and land management issues and the relationship between community status and land use; an analysis of pollution and waste disposal; and an introduction to climate cha Typically offered: Fall, Spring
3 lecture, 2 lab, 5 total contact hours Gives the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of the composition and structure of the atmosphere, thermodynamic processes, forces and related small- and large-scale motions, air masses, fronts, tropical cyclones, solar and terrestrial radiation, severe weather, basic weather forecasting techniques, and general circulations that affect the atmosphere. IAI P1 910L Typically offered: Spring
