<p>Lecture, three hours. Limited to graduate students. Results of recent and ongoing missions to Mars are revising many aspects of our understanding of planet and its history. Study highlights major revolutions in thinking about planet, and provides comprehensive overviews as well as current controversies related to Mars’ core and magnetism, thermal evolution and volcanism, geology and cratering history, volatiles and climate, atmosphere and its interaction with space environment, and potential pre-biological and biological history. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

The disciplines of geology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleobiology, and space physics are concerned with the structure and evolution of the solar system, Earth, and life.

General Catalog

Mars

EPS SCI 227

4 units