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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Advanced majors gain experience as teaching assistants working with a diverse body of students. [Prereq: IA.]
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0.50 - 4.00 Credits
Selected problems. [Rep.]
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3.00 Credits
Analyze major geological provinces, lithologic assemblages, economic resources. [Prereq: GEOL 108 or 109. Cannot count for geology majors as upper division geology area of specialization. GE.]
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1.00 Credits
Three weekends, or one 5-day field trip, through geologic provinces of northern California: the Coast Ranges, Klamath Mountains, Cascade Range, Modoc Plateau, northern Sierra Nevada, and Great Valley. [Prereq: GEOL 300 (C). Cannot count for geology majors as upper division geology area of specialization.]
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3.00 Credits
Origins, occurrence, and limits of important energy, mineral, and water resources. Societal and environmental impacts of resource use and global climate change. [Prereq: GEOL 108 or 109. GE. Cannot count for geology majors as upper division geology area of specialization.]
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3.00 Credits
Origin, evolution, and fate of life on earth; history of evolutionary thought and study of fossils; development of life environments (habitats) and biotic communities; recent theories of evolution and mass extinction from an introductory paleontologic perspective. [GE. Cannot count for geology majors as upper division geology area of specialization. May require field trip.]
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3.00 Credits
Mitigating geologic hazards through technology, behavioral and cultural adaptation, risk assessment and prediction, and communication of hazard information. Case studies of earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, landslides, and climate change. [Cannot count for geology majors as upper division specialization. Prereq: upper division standing, GEOL 106 recommended. GE.]
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1.00 Credits
Two-hour weekly laboratory introducing hazard and risk assessment tools including Geographic Information Systems, warning systems and emergency management, including a campus emergency exercise. Emphasis on countries in the Pacific Basin. May require field trip. Must be taken concurrently with GEOL 308. [Prereq: upper division standing, GEOL 308 (C). GE.]
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4.00 Credits
Crystal structure, chemistry, and optics of minerals. Minerals identified in hand specimens and under petrographic microscope. [Prereq: GEOL 109, CHEM 109 (C). Weekly: 3 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab.]
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4.00 Credits
Optical properties of biaxial minerals. Characteristic textures and compositions of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Methods for interpreting them. Compare major petrological theories. [Prereq: GEOL 310. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 6 hrs lab/field trip; may require 3-day field trip.]
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