Selected courses taught at York University in:
- The Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering
- The Division of Natural Science
ESSE 1012: The Earth Environment
This course provides an overview of Earth Science for Engineers. It includes Atmospheric Physics and elements of Geology & Geophysics, Glacial Processes, Soil Science and Oceanological concepts. It also explores geomatics engineering, satellite technologies and active and passive remote sensing as applicable to engineering disciplines.
NATS 1570: Exploring the Solar System
This course examines the solar system. It starts with Earth as the template for a planet, and then looks at the nature of the other planets. Various missions used to explore the solar system and their results are presented and discussed. There is also presentation and examination of the smaller solar system bodies like moons, asteroids and comets. Finally, the course covers current models of how scientists believe the solar system formed and how it has evolved over time.
NATS 1740: Astronomy
This course embarks on as astronomical journey into the final frontier! A broad range of topics will be discussed including the night sky, fundamental properties of light and matter, telescopes, planets and other solar system objects (in our own and other solar systems), stars and their birth and death, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, dark matter, dark energy, the origin and development of the universe, and the possibility of life beyond the Earth.
NATS 1870: Understanding Colour
This course takes a cross-disciplinary approach in examining colour, with the aim of understanding colour and colour phenomena from the multiple viewpoints of art, physics, chemistry, physiology and history. No prior background in art or science is assumed. Mathematics is limited. Topics discussed include: light and colour; colour vision and perception; microscopic interactions between light and materials that create and influence colour; the chemistry of dyes and pigments; atmospheric colour phenomena including rainbows and the Northern Lights; and colour in minerals and gemstones.