Below is a list of the courses Kate has taught / or teaches currently, accompanied by the SCSU course catalog description for each course, and a link to the SCSU Course Catalog. Each course is linked to its own page, where the more recent syllabii and other course-related information are available. If you are a student in one of these courses, you can use your SCSU credentials to access course content in D2L-Brightspace on the SCSU website.
AHS 106 Natural Hazards and Human Society
Interaction of human societies with natural hazards spanning atmospheric, hydrologic and geologic processes is discussed based upon in-depth case studies. Effect of the hazards on human society and the effect of human action on exacerbating the hazards.
AHS 106 Additional Details and Syllabus
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
3 Credits, Fall, Spring; Goal Area 3 & Goal Area 10
AHS 109 Introduction to Environmental Geology
Geology of the dynamic earth with emphasis on interactions between humans and the geologic environment. Earth materials, earth resources, the properties of rocks and surficial deposits.
AHS 109 Additional Details and Syllabus
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3 Credits, Fall; Goal Area 3, Lab Class
AHS 220 Physical Geology
Earth materials and plate tectonics are used to investigate deeply-buried, plutonic igneous and metamorphic systems and surface systems including sedimentary, fluvial and glacial.
AHS 220 Additional Details and Syllabus
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4 Credits, Spring; Goal Area 3, Lab Class
AHS 305 Historical Geology
Evolution of the earth with emphasis on biological and physical events of the stratigraphic record. Field work. This course is usually taught by Dr. Jean Hoff.
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
3 Credits, Fall – even years; Lab Class, Requires AHS 205 or AHS 220
AHS 307 Field Geology
Field based problem solving of local geological relationships in central Minnesota. Field trips to geologically significant areas.
AHS 307 Additional Details and Syllabus
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3 Credits, Fall – odd years; three mandatory long-weekend field trips
AHS 322 Surficial and Glacial Geology
Geologic processes responsible for the development of landforms. Glacial geology will be strongly considered.
AHS 322 Additional Details and Syllabus
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3 Credits, Fall – even years
AHS 325 Rocks and Minerals
Physical and chemical properties of minerals, and igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Hand-sample identification.
AHS 325 Additional Details and Syllabus
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4 credits, Spring – odd years, Lab Class
AHS 423/ AHS 523 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
Sedimentary processes and environments, formation of sedimentary rocks, stratigraphy, and basin analysis. Use of stratigraphic principles to interpret earth history.
AHS 423 / AHS 523 Additional Details and Syllabus
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3 Credits, Spring – even years, Field Work.
AHS 424 Structural Geology and Tectonics
Brittle and ductile deformation. Stress and strain theory. Structural interpretation problems. Development and significance of plate tectonics as a unifying theory for geology.
AHS 424 Additional Details and Syllabus
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
4 Credits, On Demand. Requires AHS 220 and AHS 305, Lab Class
AHS 425 Petrography
Principles of optical mineralogy. Thin-section identification of minerals and rocks. Petrogenesis of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
AHS 425 Additional Details and Syllabus
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3 Credits, On Demand. Requires AHS 325 or instructor permission
AHS 491 Senior Research Proposal
Description of the senior research project or study. Examination of procedural steps and tools available at SCSU for completing the research project. Preparation of a proposal for a viable research project or study. Taught by various AHS Faculty.
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
2 Credits, Fall or Spring, Instructor Permission
AHS 492 Senior Research Project
Complete a concentrated study or research project in an area of earth and atmospheric science. Complete written and oral presentations of the results. Taught by various AHS Faculty.
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
2 Credits, Fall or Spring, Instructor Permission
HONS 220 Poetry & Geology
Taught Spring 2016
Interdisciplinary examination of poetic forms and poetic voice, and the connection to geology and landscape. Future offerings uncertain.
HONS 220 Poetry and Geology Additional Details and Syllabus
3 Credits
HONS 220 Antarctic Geoscience
Taught Spring 2007
Examination of the Antarctic Continent, current scientific endeavors, and the natural landscape and its development over time.
Hons 220 Antarctic Geoscience Additional Details and Syllabus
3 Credits
Science Education Courses
SCI 226 Science for Elementary Teachers 1
Concepts of life, earth and space, and physical science. Basic science inquiry skills. This course is usually taught by other Science Faculty.
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
3 Credits, Fall, Spring
SCI 227 Science for Elementary Teachers 2
Further concepts of earth and space science, chemistry and physical science. Additional science inquiry skills.
SCI 227 Additional Details and Syllabus
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
3 Credits, Fall, Spring
AHS 205 Earth Systems for Teachers
Movement of energy and matter through the earth system. Earth materials, structure, and properties. Water, rock, and elemental cycles. Weather, climate, geologic time, fossils, rocks and minerals, topographic and geologic maps. Physical, computer, and mathematical models of earth processes. This course is usually taught by Dr. Jean Hoff.
St. Cloud Catalog Listing
5 Credits, Spring, Lab Class.
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