Courses Currently Teaching
- GEOL 107 - General Geology
Principles of physical and historical geology and their application
in interpreting earth processes and the history of the earth. Laboratory
covers identification of earth materials including fossils and the interpretation
of topographic and geologic maps. RESTRICTIONS: For majors in geology,
other sciences and engineering. Only one course, GEOL 105 or GEOL 107,
can count towards graduation.
- GEOL 109 - Planets, Asteroids, and Impacts
Composition, structure, surface features, origin, and evolution
of the planets, satellites, asteroids, and comets. The course will also
explore the possible connection between meteorite impacts and mass extinctions.
Did an asteroid kill off the dinosaurs?
- GEOL 431 - Marine Geology
Geology of the ocean basins and their continental margins; sedimentation
within the marine environment and its uses in interpreting geologic history
and paleoecology. PREREQ: GEOL 304.
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