General Earth and Space Sciences I

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This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of geology, oceanography, astrophysics, and space physics.

The geology module deals with the Earth in the solar system and consists of three parts: planets and their moons, internal structure of the Earth, plate tectonics.
The oceanography module introduces the relations of biology, chemistry, geology and physics in marine environments and gives basic information on techniques and methods.
The astrophysics module includes an overview over the scales and the contents of the universe, such as planets, stars, galaxies and the methods of acquiring information about the universe.
The space physics module addresses the structure of the Earth's atmosphere, aspects of ionospheric physics and the physics of the Earth's space environment, as well as the structure and the dynamics of the magnetosphere.

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