2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog | 20253
Geology Courses
GEOL 1110 Physical Geology
(4 credits)
GEOL 1120 Intro to Fossils and History of Planet Earth
(4 credits)
GEOL 2110 Crystals, Minerals and Rocks
(4 credits)
GEOL 2730 Introduction to Planetary Science
(4 credits)
GEOL 2925 People of the Environment: Earth Science Perspective
(3 credits)
GEOL 3120 Soils
(4 credits)
GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology
(3 credits)
GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology
(3 credits)
GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology
(3 credits)
GEOL 3500 Topics in Paleontology
(3 credits)
GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
(3 credits)
GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics
(3 credits)
GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change
(3 credits)
GEOL 4910 Directed Independent Study
(3 credits)
GEOL 4917 DIS Tchg Assoc |
(1-2 credits)
GEOL 4970 Internship
(3 credits)
GEOL 4980 Research
(3 credits)
GEOL 2110 Crystals, Minerals and Rocks (4 credits)
The course provides understanding of how crystals and crystalline structures are formed, as well as minerals and igneous and metamorphic rocks. It includes learning to use tools and diagnostic tests for identification of minerals in hand samples and in the polarizing microscope and other instruments. The course also includes the study of the genesis, classification, and identification of igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Finally, the potential of a region to produce mineral resources is discussed. Lecture and laboratory. [Core Curriculum Goal Area 3 (LC)]
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