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The Department of Earth Science at Utah Valley University has four degree programs and offers several certificates:

BS in Geology
BS in Environmental Science and Management
BS in Earth Science Education
BS in Geography
Certificate of Completion in Water and Wastewater Operations
Certificate of Proficiency in Geographic Information Systems
Minor in Geography
Minor in Earth Science
Associates in Physical Science

I teach primarily geology and geography courses including the following:
- Introduction to Geology GEO 1010
  A survey of physical geology and earth surface processes that prepares students for the major and fulfills GE science requirements.
- Physical Geography GEOG 1000
  An overview of Earth System Science from a geography perspective.
- Introduction to Meteorology METO 1010
  Introduction to Earth's atmosphere, dynamics of weather systems, air masses, fronts, forecasting, and climates.
- Geologic Hazards GEO 3200
  Focuses on earthquake and landslide processes as well as other hazards of the Basin and Range from a geotechnical and earth surface processes perspective.
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
  An introduction to remote sensing applied to geology, geography and environmental science problems
- Geographic Information Systems GEOG 3600
  Introduction to GIS using ESRI's ArcGIS including course-capstone student research projects.
- Advanced GIS GEOG 3650
  An intermediate to advanced course discussing and utilizing spatial analysis tools to analyze human and natural landscapes.
- Geology Field Experience GEO 4600
  A five weeek capstone field course for our majors covering stratigraphy/sedimentology, petrology, structrual/geomorphic mapping, and field geophysics.
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Nathan A. Toke

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