Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Investigates the distribution, physical properties, chemistry, and geological consequences of water and icy materials across the solar system. Explores volatile processes from the inner solar system to the Kuiper Belt. Emphasizes ocean worlds, planetary rings, and small bodies as well as evidence for present and past habitability.

Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following GEO 285 or GEO 185.