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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Practical study of minerals, rock, planemetric and topographic maps, fold and fault structures, geological maps, climate change, earthquakes, flooding, sustainability; local field trip. An introductory high school or college earth science course, taught with GEOL 101L. Prerequisite: an introductory high school or college earth science course; permission of the department chairperson. Not open to students who have credit in GEOL 101. Open only to geology and earth science students that had an introductory earth science course without a lab similar to GEOL 101.
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3.00 Credits
Discussion of the dinosaurs, their classification, their relationship to the environment, their geographic distribution, and their geologic record. Special emphasis on new theories about dinosaur ecology, behavior, and extinction.
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3.00 Credits
Worldwide human interactions with the oceans and international conflicts of interest related to the marine environment. Introduction to oceanography, marine law, resource conflicts, pollution, cooperation for research and hazard response, and other topics. Credit does not count toward the Geology minor. Open only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the geochemical cycling in the interior of the Earth and its effects on surface processes, the cycling of components crucial for humans and life in general such as water, carbon, and nitrogen, and the geologic cycling of hazardous chemicals such as heavy metals. Regularly scheduled laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 101; CHEM 111; or high school equivalents, or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of crystallography and mineralogy and the relationships of minerals to the composition and types of rocks of the earth's crust. Laboratory work concerned with crystallographic operations and the identification of minerals by physical and chemical properties. Regularly scheduled laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 101; an introductory chemistry course or the high school equivalent or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Study of landforms and their evolution. Local area field trips. Regularly scheduled laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 101 or the high school equivalent or permission of the department chairperson.
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1.00 Credits
Survey of the various computer applications in the geosciences. Designed to supplement existing geoscience and computer science courses by providing opportunity to gain experience in working with software programs in various geoscience data-collecting, calculation, and graphic display applications. A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned, but no more than 1 in any one semester or term.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Topics relevant to the discipline. Course titles will be announced before each semester. A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned.
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1.00 Credits
Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying and mapping techniques. Overview of satellite and system technology, examination of various GPS units available for applications, techniques using units individually or in combination for mapping and navigation, differential GPS methods, use in computer-generated maps. Prerequisite: permission of the department chairperson. A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned, but no more than 1 in any one semester or term.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of paleontology as revealed by invertebrate fossils. Fossilization, morphology, evolution, and life association of the important invertebrate phyla (Coelenterata, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Echinodermata). Local area field trip. Regularly scheduled laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 102 or permission of the department chairperson.
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