EPS 170AC: Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society - Spring 2006. Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their cultural influences today. Scientific approach to study of tectonic controls on the genesis and global distribution of energy fuels, metals, and industrial minerals. Evolution and diversity of opinion in attitudes about resource development, environmental management, and conservation on public, private, and tribal lands. Impending crisis in renewable energy and the imperative of resource literacy.

				Tue 1/17	Roadmap of Class - Lecture missed due to technical difficulties
				Thu 1/19	The Great Basin During the Holocene and Peopleing the Land
				Tue 1/24	A Country of Illusion
				Thu 1/26	Native American Attitudes About Earth and Environment
				Tue 1/31	How the Scientific Method Works
				Thu 2/2	Colonialism issues in California: Spanish, Mexico, Russian
				Tue 2/7	The California Gold Rush of 1849
				Thu 2/9	Chinese in the Gold Rush
				Tue 2/14	Geronimo and the San Carlos Apaches of Arizona
				Thu 2/16	South Dakota Gold Rush and The Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876
				Tue 2/21	How the West Was Won and Lost: Impact of Federal Policies
				Thu 2/23	Role of Governmental Agencies in Land Management and Scientific Support
				Tue 2/28	No Podcast Available
				Thu 3/2	Midterm Review - No Lecture
				Tue 3/7	Midterm 1 - No Lecture
				Thu 3/9	No Lecture - Midterms Being Graded
				Tue 3/14	Misuse of Land
				Thu 3/16	Class Interview with Taeko Okamura
				Tue 3/21	How to Conduct a Research Project and Do an Effective Poster
				Thu 3/23	Nuclear Fuels
				Tue 3/28	Spring Recess
				Thu 3/30	Spring Recess
				Tue 4/4	Manifest Destiny I: One Interpretation of the Westward Movement
				Thu 4/6	No Lecture
				Tue 4/11	Activism Today by Sylvia McLauglin, Leader of Save the Bay
				Thu 4/13	(pocast Not Available) Role of the Military in Resolution of Global Issues and World Peace
				Tue 4/18	(Podcast Not Available) The Future of Oil Exploration: Joe Stefani (Chevron), Guest Lecturer
				Thu 4/20	Resource Development
				Tue 4/25	(No Podcast) Movie of Poster Presenters & Discussion
				Thu 4/27	Resources Literacy
				Tue 5/2	Corporations and Earth Resources
				Thu 5/4	(No Podcast Available) Urban and Public Land Use Issues
				Tue 5/9	No Podcast