This course addresses the geologic factors important in energy supply and the impacts associated with energy use. In addition to discussing the various non-renewable and renewable energy resources, constraints on energy production (including physical laws, environmental effects, political and economic factors) will be examined for each.

Students will do research into selected aspects of energy supply and/or use. They will learn how to access data and incorporate it into an analysis of a particular problem associated with energy use.

Who should take this course? ...everyone who is a citizen of Planet Earth. This course is an Introductorycourse for the major in the Geosciences. It is an excellent introduction to energy issues for majors in economics, political science, and environmental science and policy.

This course satisfies GEN ED (SCIE) and, like all Introductory courses in the Geosciences, it has no prerequisites.

Offered: Irregular offereings, check current course catalog