Per WGU's published description, this comprehensive survey course provides a foundational understanding of Earth's position in the universe and its dynamic systems. Students explore Earth's placement within the solar system, including the effects of its orbit, origin, and celestial interactions on tides and seasons, then move through Earth's subsystems, the geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere, focusing on their interactions and impacts on weather, climate, and geological processes like weathering, erosion, and soil formation. The course also examines natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes and the significant influence of human activities on Earth's systems, addressing resource management, land use, pollution, and sustainability, all through interactive simulations, multimedia resources, and real-life applications.
Eight catalog program tables carry it, every one in term 2: the four B.S. Science Education licensure tracks (biological science, chemistry, earth science, and physics) and the four B.A. Educational Studies versions of the same subjects. That makes D847 the first shared science course future teachers meet, two terms before biology, three before chemistry, four before physics, and its term-2 partner is the 1-CU D848 lab. Whatever subject you plan to teach, the degree starts with the whole planet. On the earth science tables the survey feeds the content core directly: D859 General Geology follows in term 6, and the whole seven-course core through D857 now has its own completion pages. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.