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Undergraduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
12.000	Solving Complex Problems	Fall 2003
12.001	Introduction to Geology	Spring 2008
12.003	Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics	Fall 2008
12.005	Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences	Spring 2006
12.006J	Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos	Fall 2006
12.007	Geobiology	Spring 2009
12.010	Computational Methods of Scientific Programming	Fall 2008
12.085	Seminar in Environmental Science	Spring 2008
12.086	Modeling Environmental Complexity	Fall 2008
12.090	Special Topics: An Introduction to Fluid Motions, Sediment Transport, and Current-generated Sedimentary Structures	Fall 2006
12.090	Special Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences: The Environment of the Earth's Surface	Spring 2007
12.091	Trace Element Analysis of Geological, Biological & Environmental Materials by Neutron Activation Analysis: An Exposure	January (IAP) 2005
12.091	Medical Geology/Geochemistry: An Exposure	January (IAP) 2006
12.091	Radon Research in Multidisciplines: A Review	January (IAP) 2007
12.091	Basics of Impact Cratering & Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, Environmental Studies of Some Impact Craters of the Earth	January (IAP) 2008
12.097	Chemical Investigations of Boston Harbor	January (IAP) 2006
12.102	Environmental Earth Science	Fall 2005
12.103	Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy	Fall 2005
12.108	Structure of Earth Materials	Fall 2004
12.109	Petrology	Fall 2005
12.110	Sedimentary Geology	Fall 2004
12.110	Sedimentary Geology	Spring 2007
12.113	Structural Geology	Fall 2005
12.114	Field Geology I	Fall 2005
12.119	Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples	Spring 2006
12.141	Electron Microprobe Analysis by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry	January (IAP) 2006
12.163	Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution	Fall 2004
12.201	Essentials of Geophysics	Fall 2004
12.215	Modern Navigation	Fall 2006
12.301	Past and Present Climate	Fall 2008
12.307	Weather and Climate Laboratory	Spring 2009
12.333	Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations	Spring 2004
12.400	The Solar System	Spring 2006
12.402J	Introduction to Astronomy	Spring 2006
12.409	Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets	Spring 2002
12.425	Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques	Fall 2007
12.463	Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution	Fall 2004
12.501	Essentials of Geophysics	Fall 2004
12.586	Modeling Environmental Complexity	Fall 2008
12.842	Past and Present Climate	Fall 2008
12.S56	GPS: Where Are You?	Fall 2008

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Graduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
12.086	Modeling Environmental Complexity	Fall 2008
12.091	Trace Element Analysis of Geological, Biological & Environmental Materials by Neutron Activation Analysis: An Exposure	January (IAP) 2005
12.141	Electron Microprobe Analysis by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry	January (IAP) 2006
12.163	Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution	Fall 2004
12.201	Essentials of Geophysics	Fall 2004
12.301	Past and Present Climate	Fall 2008
12.306	Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry	Spring 2006
12.453	Crosby Lectures in Geology: History of Africa	Fall 2005
12.458	Molecular Biogeochemistry	Fall 2006
12.463	Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution	Fall 2004
12.472	Building Earth-like Planets: From Nebular Gas to Ocean Worlds	Fall 2008
12.479	Trace-Element Geochemistry	Spring 2009
12.480	Thermodynamics for Geoscientists	Fall 2006
12.490	Advanced Igneous Petrology	Fall 2005
12.491	Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry	Fall 2005
12.491	Biogeochemistry of Sulfur	Fall 2007
12.501	Essentials of Geophysics	Fall 2004
12.510	Introduction to Seismology	Spring 2008
12.517	Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology	Spring 2000
12.517	Dynamics of Complex Systems: Ecological Theory	Spring 2001
12.517	Dynamics of Complex Systems: Biological and Environmental Coevolution Preceding the Cambrian Explosion	Spring 2005
12.520	Geodynamics	Fall 2006
12.524	Mechanical Properties of Rocks	Fall 2005
12.540	Principles of Global Positioning Systems	Spring 2008
12.570	Seminar in Geophysics: Mantle Convection	Spring 1998
12.570	Structure and Dynamics of the CMB Region	Spring 2004
12.570	Seminar in Geophysics: Thermal and Chemical Evolution of the Earth	Spring 2005
12.581	Phase Transitions in the Earth's Interior	Spring 2005
12.586	Modeling Environmental Complexity	Fall 2008
12.620J	Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach	Fall 2008
12.740	Paleoceanography	Spring 2008
12.742	Marine Chemistry	Fall 2006
12.746	Marine Organic Geochemistry	Spring 2005
12.753	Geodynamics Seminar	Spring 2001
12.753	Geodynamics Seminar	Spring 2005
12.753	Geodynamics Seminar	Spring 2006
12.757	Science and Communication	Spring 2005
12.759	Marine Chemistry Seminar	Spring 2006
12.800	Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean	Fall 2004
12.802	Wave Motions in the Ocean and Atmosphere	Spring 2004
12.802	Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere	Spring 2008
12.804	Large-scale Flow Dynamics Lab	Fall 2005
12.806J	Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry	Spring 2006
12.808	Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography	Fall 2004
12.810	Dynamics of the Atmosphere	Spring 2008
12.811	Tropical Meteorology	Spring 2005
12.812	General Circulation of the Earth's Atmosphere	Fall 2005
12.815	Atmospheric Radiation	Fall 2006
12.815	Atmospheric Radiation	Fall 2008
12.820	Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere	Spring 2006
12.820	Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere	Spring 2007
12.822	Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere	Spring 2006
12.842	Past and Present Climate	Fall 2008
12.848J	Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy	Spring 2008
12.864	Inference from Data and Models	Spring 2005
12.950	Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling	Spring 2004
12.990	Prediction and Predictability in the Atmosphere and Oceans	Spring 2003

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