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GEO 416K Earth Materials Lab Guide

Author(s): Elizabeth Catlos

Welcome to the Earth Materials Laboratory Guide. This manual contains exercises designed for GEO416K:  Earth Materials, a course taught in the Jackson school’s Dept. of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. This course is geared towards introducing students to minerals, mineral s...

Becoming (Un)Desirable: English Hegemony, Whiteness, and Higher Education

Author(s): Yusaku Yajima

Recently, some scholars have investigated the social, historical, and cultural politics of English hegemony—a major global/local systematic machinery of power; others have examined how whiteness—another such machinery—is enacted and perpetuated by (not only white) students and teachers. Theoreticall...

Introduction to Programming Languages: Programming in C, C++, Scheme, Prolog, C#, and Python

Author(s): Yinong Chen

Introduction to Programming Languages: Programming in C, C++, Scheme, Prolog, C#, and Python takes a balanced approach to teaching programming paradigms, principles, and the language mechanisms while focusing on language constructs and programming skills. It is intended for a course where students h...

Climate Change in History: A Geotheological Perspective

Author(s): Barry Vann

Historical evidence from the Near East points to a rich reservoir of climate information. For instance, King Herod of Judea built a fortress and two palaces on a lofty plateau called Masada. The high plateau overlooks the Dead Sea from the eastern edge of the Judean Desert. During Herod’s time, clim...