|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Coastal zones of South Carolina and neighboring states, including geologic history, geomorphology, stratigraphy, hydrogeology, shoreline processes, environmental issues, and effects of man. Not available for geological science or marine science major credit. Three lecture hours each week plus optional field trips. FS: 03/03/2021.
-
1.00 Credits
Exercises examining coastal ecology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, shoreline processes, environmental issues, and human impact. Not available for marine science major credit. Two laboratory hours per week. Scheduled field trips required. Prerequisite or Corequisite: D or better in GEOL 215 or MSCI 215. FS: 03/03/2021.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination of the geologic setting and scientific significance of selected National Parks. Three lecture hours. CL: 2020.
-
4.00 Credits
Chemical and physical processes of mineral formation in earth systems including an overview of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock-forming processes. Includes laboratory. Field trips required. Prerequisite: C or better in GEOL 101, GEOL 103, or GEOL 201; CHEM 111 recommended. FS: 06/03/2015.
-
4.00 Credits
Survey of earth history, the evolution of continents and oceans, the history of life, and geological dating methods. Includes laboratory and recitation. Required field trips. Taught alternate years. CL: 2020.
-
4.00 Credits
Environmental considerations of the hydrologic cycle. Occurrence and movement of surface water and groundwater as they relate to water budgets, water supply, and ecosystems. Geochemistry of natural waters, water quality, and pollution. Prerequisite: C or higher in MATH 122 or MATH 141; C or higher in GEOL 101, GEOL 103, GEOL 201, GEOG 104, GEOG 201, ENVR 101, ENVR 201, ECIV 101 or MSCI 101. FS: 12/06/2023.
-
4.00 Credits
Overview of groundwater, surface water hydrology, sediment transport, river systems, and coastal processes. Includes laboratory and recitation. Required field trips. Prerequisite: D or better in PHYS 201 or PHYS 211.
-
1.00 Credits
Directed field studies of extraordinary geological locations in North America. Requires a seven- to nine-day field trip during spring break. Prerequisite: C or better in GEOL 101, GEOL 103, or GEOL 201 and consent of instructor.
-
4.00 Credits
Overview of sedimentary basins, sediment transport, sedimentation, depositional environments, stratigraphy, seismic stratigraphy, eustacy, and sedimentary petrology. Includes laboratory and recitation. Required field trips. Prerequisite: GEOL 302. FS: 03/07/2018. CL: 2020.
-
4.00 Credits
The science of global change, its relation to the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Global system science, biogeochemical cycles, paleoclimatology, glaciation, and eustacy. FS: 12/4/2013. CL: 2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|