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3.00 Credits
P: none. Fall, Spring, Summer. A survey of the characteristics and evolution of dinosaurs. Topics include: occurrence of dinosaur remains in the fossil record, basic anatomy, principles used in classification, types of predatory and plant-eating dinosaurs, environments occupied during life, biology and behavior, extinction theories, dinosaur hunters, and dinosaurs in the media and the public eye.
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1.00 Credits
P or C: G107, G110, G115, or G135. Students participate in community service projects. Completion of the project includes a paper reflecting on how the service experience contributed to their application of the principles of general education.
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3.00 Credits
P: G110, G335, and ENG W131. Spring. Techniques of presenting written and oral reports from the geoscience approach. The written report: mechanics of format and illustrations, proper citation of geoscience literature, the abstract, proofreading, and editing. The oral report: effective presentation and response to audience questions, simulating a professional science meeting.
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1.00 Credits
P or C: G110. Fall, Spring. The laboratory study of minerals, rocks, topographic maps and aerial photographs, landforms and landscapes, structural geology, and geologic maps.
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3.00 Credits
P: G110, G120. Fall, Spring. Earth history emphasizing physical and biological evolution. Geologic time, stratigraphic correlation, plate tectonics, depositional environments, paleogeography, and evolution of life. Laboratory. Field trips.
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4.00 Credits
P: G110, G120 and CHEM C105. Fall. Crystallography: symmetry, morphology, classes. Mineral chemistry, physics, and genesis. Description, identification, association, occurrence, and use of common and important minerals.
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4.00 Credits
P: G221 and CHEM C106. Spring. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks: composition, field occurrence, characteristics, classification, origin, laboratory description, and identification.
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3.00 Credits
P: G107, GEOG G107 or equivalent. This interdisciplinary course addresses the relationship between water and current environmental issues in Earth Sciences both from a physical (processes) and human perspective.
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3.00 Credits
P: G107 or G110 or consent of instructor. Significance of regional and local geologic features and geologic processes in land use planning; use of geologic data in areas of rapid urbanization to properly utilize mineral and water resources and to assess potential geologic hazards.
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4.00 Credits
P: G205, G222 and G335; or consent of instructor. Fall. Brunton-compass and GPS/GIS mapping. Measuring and describing stratigraphic sections of sedimentary rocks and surficial deposits. Mapping geologic structures. Field hydrology. Interpretation of maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery.
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