|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
4.00 Credits
This field-based course covers the deformation of the Earth's crust. Topics include the mechanics of rock deformation (stress and strain), characteristics of megascopic (folds, faults), mesoscopic (foliation, lineation), and microscopic (crystal fabric) structures, and the processes of mountain building at convergent, divergent, and transform-fault plate boundaries. Field mapping techniques will be taught during afternoon and/or weekend field trips in the Dillon area. $40 Course Fee. Prereq: GEOL 226, or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years)
-
4.00 Credits
Field and laboratory-based study of Earth-surface processes that shape landscapes. Topics include weathering and soil formation, erosion and transport of particulate and dissolved materials, geomorphic charac-teristics of deposits expressed as landforms, and engineering-related physical properties of surficial deposits. Field projects may emphasize use of landforms and/or surface processes to evaluate geologic hazards, geologic resources, or other environmental problems. $40 Course Fee. Prereq: GEOL 101 or GEOL 150, and GEOL 226 or BIO 114 or BIO 355, or c/i. (fall/even-numbered years)
-
3.00 Credits
Incorporation of an appropriate work experience into the student's academic preparation. Prereq: Senior standing and c/i. (fall/spring)
-
4.00 Credits
Each seminar will provide in-depth study of a selected topic of current interest in the geosciences. Small group discussions and presentation setting. Students use published literature and other sources of information to research various aspects of the topic, write papers, and present their work to the group. Examples of possible general topics include paleoclimatology, global change, geologic hazards, stream-sediment dynamics, hydrology, geology of soils, mass extinctions, and neotectonics. May include field trips. $25 Course Fee. Prereq: Junior/Senior standing, or c/i. (spring/odd-numbered years)
-
3.00 Credits
Selected topics under faculty supervision. Prereq: c/i and c/vc. (on demand)
-
4.00 Credits
Students will examine and learn about the chemical and geological principles and reactions in natural systems: aquatic, marine, terrestrial, and atmospheric, and the effect and fate of contaminants in the environment. This is a field- and laboratory-oriented class, with computer analysis of data. Students successfully completing the class will demonstrate their knowledge of geochemical sampling and analysis techniques in one or more research projects. Students will evaluate their own and/or published data according to concepts studied in the class and present their research in papers and oral reports. May include exams and multi-discipline teamwork. May have a service- learning component. $40 Course Fee. Prereq: GEOL 101 or GEOL 150, and CHEM 131 and CHEM 132. (spring/odd-numbered years)
-
4.00 Credits
This field-based course covers the physical and biological charac-teristics of modern and ancient environments of deposition. Techniques of stratigraphic and sedimentologic analysis are used to better under-stand the processes that control the deposition of sediments in eolian, lacustrine, fluvial, glacial, deltaic, tidal, shelf, carbonate platform, and deep ocean environments. $40 Course Fee. Prereq: GEOL 226. (spring/even-numbered years)
-
4.00 Credits
This field-based course covers the geologic aspects of water resources. Topics include the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of surface and subsurface water, aquifer characterization, runoff process-ses, fluvial processes, water supply and consumption, contaminant transport, and remediation techniques. Lab included. $30 Course Fee. Prereq: GEOL 101 or GEOL 150, MATH 131, and Junior/Senior standing, or c/i. (spring/odd-numbered years)
-
3.00 Credits
Directed research or study on an individual basis. Prereq: c/i and c/vc. (fall/spring)
-
3.00 Credits
An individual project or thesis closely associated with the student's academic program and career goals. Project/thesis election subject to approval of project or thesis advisor. Prereq: Junior/Senior standing and c/i. (fall/spring)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|