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3.00 Credits
On demand . 3 semester hours. This course provides an overview of the culture of France through representative literary works of authors from the continent. Works examined will include short stories, poetry and excerpts of longer works. The course will consider the culture and historical milieu, and students will discuss, present and write about both the literary movements and corresponding areas of art, music, and popular culture. Prerequisite: FRN231 or appropriate background in French.
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3.00 Credits
On demand . 3 semester hours. A continuation of French culture explored in FRN250, with the addition of a cultural broadening into the diversity of other francophone countries through literature, art, history and music and modern media. Students will expand their knowledge of continental French culture, then compare and contrast it to cultures around the world influenced by French: Africa, island nations (Haiti), Canada, and more. Students will research an area of interest from specific countries and report to the class. Prerequisite: FRN250 or appropriate background in French.
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1.00 Credits
Fall and spring semesters. 3 semester hours. This course provides an introduction to the science of earth materials, earth systems, and earth history, including the study of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, rock deformation and metamorphism, weathering, and erosion within the modern paradigm of plate tectonics. Special emphasis is placed on interpreting the geologic landscape and history of the Rocky Mountains through an understanding of Earth processes. Three hours of lecture and one recommended two-hour laboratory per week, plus field trips. This course fulfills a natural lab science general education requirement if taken concurrently with GEO104. Students cannot take both GEO101 and GEO105 for credit.
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1.00 Credits
Fall and spring semesters. 1 semester hour. Focus on description of the earth materials and earth systems within the framework of plate tectonic theory. Introduction to identification of minerals, rocks, geologic maps and structures. Corequisite: GEO101.
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2.00 Credits
Annually. 4 semester hours. This course is designed for students who want to get out and do geology. Participants will hike hills, hug rocks, ford rivers, climb canyons, whatever it takes to get first-hand experience and understanding of geology and geologic problems. Students are introduced to earth materials, earth systems, and earth history within the modern paradigm of plate tectonics. Topics include minerals, rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, rock deformation, metamorphism, deposition, weathering, and erosion. Special emphasis is placed on interpreting the geologic landscape and history of the Rocky Mountains. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour field trip or lab per week. Students will not receive credit for both GEO101 and GEO105.
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4.00 Credits
Fall semester. 4 semester hours. This course involves detailed study of rocks and minerals and the environments in which they form. The course is very hands-on with emphasis placed on the identification of minerals and rocks in hand specimens and under the optical microscope. Three hours of lecture, one two-hour laboratory per week, and occasional all-afternoon field trips. Prerequisite: either GEO101/104 or GEO105; corequisite: CHM101.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
On demand. 2-4 semester hours. Students complete an independent research project under the mentorship of a geology faculty member. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
On demand. 4 semester hours. This course explores the morphology, classification, paleoecology, biogeography and biostratigraphy of important fossil groups. Three hours of lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week, plus fossil collecting trips. Prerequisite: either GEO101/104 or GEO105, and GEO 204.
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4.00 Credits
Alternate years, 4 semester hours. This course provides an introduction to the properties, classification, depositional environments, and diagenesis of sediments and sedimentary rocks and their stratigraphic nomenclature and correlation. Field trips required. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: GEO204 and GEO343.
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4.00 Credits
Spring semester. 4 semester hours. Build on skills learned in Earth Materials I with emphasis on origin and makeup of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Recognition, description, and classification using hand specimen and optical microscopy. Textures, occurrences, and processes are emphasized in practical exercises. The course provides an introduction to geochemical data and field occurrences of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Three hours of lecture, one two-hour laboratory per week, and occasional all-afternoon field trips. Final project is a poster presentation involving literature review and synthesis of a major igneous or metamorphic region (e.g., Yellowstone, Hawaii, Beartooth Mountain Range). Prerequisites: GEO204.
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