Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.501 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Essentials of Geophysics 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate / Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Robert Van Der Hilst 
• Course Introduction:
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  12.201 / 12.501 Essentials of Geophysics
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a full set of lecture notes and assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is designed to be a survey of the various subdisciplines of geophysics (geodesy, gravity, geomagnetism, seismology, and geodynamics) and how they might relate to or be relevant for other planets. No prior background in Earth sciences is assumed, but students should be comfortable with vector calculus, classical mechanics, and potential field theory.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  MATLAB® software is required to run the .m files found on this course site.