Teaching

Dr. Melissa Rice teaches the following classes at Western Washington University:

Geology Department:

  • GEOL 103: How to Build a Habitable Planet
  • GEOL 211: Physical Geology
  • GEOL 415: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  • GEOL 445/545: Planetary Geology
  • GEOL 497H/597H: Remote Sensing of Earth and Planetary Surfaces

Physics & Astronomy Department:

  • ASTR 113: Stars, Moons and Planets
  • ASTR 315: The Solar System
  • ASTR 497: Classic Papers in Planetary Astrophysics

Interdisciplinary:

  • HNRS 101: The Big Picture (taught collaboratively with faculty across WWU)
  • HNRS 356: Life as a Planetary Phenomenon
  • GEOL 497K/597K: Science Communication