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1.00 Credits
FALL Prerequisite: GEOL 120, GEOL 121, GEOG 314, PHYS 121; EDUC 303 or permission of the instructor. SCED 390 co-requisite. This course is designed for Earth Science majors planning to teach middle school, junior or senior high school. It includes the development of curriculum and the organization of teaching materials, techniques and evaluation. (Cross-listed GEOG 390)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Workshops,Short Courses,Conferences
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Senior class standing and permission of the Undergraduate Advisor. Current problems in geology. Topics will depend on interest of instructors and students.
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1.00 Credits
The course will examine the impact made by classroom interactions, laboratory procedure, text books and language on women's participation in secondary or postsecondary science. It will make recommendations for gender balanced choices in these areas and it will introduce women role models from the past for use in science history and other science courses. (Cross-listed BIOL 401, WMST 401)
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4.00 Credits
SPRING Prerequisites: GEOL 121, 122, or permission of the instructor. Principles of paleontology including methods of description and analyses of invertebrate fossils. Emphasis on principles of morphology and evolutionary development of invertebrates and the use of invertebrate fossils in biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
FALL Prerequisite: GEOL 122, 307 or 312, or permission of the instructor. Study of the origin of sediments and sedimentary rocks for advanced geology majors. Description and interpretation of facies and environments of deposition and classification of clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks is emphasized. Stratigraphic principles, nomenclature and correlation is also treated. Lecture and weekly laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOL 122 or permission of the instructor. Character, distribution, origin and recovery of petroleum.
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4.00 Credits
Course fee. Prerequisite: GEOL 100 or 205, or permission of the instructor. This course is a week-long field study of the rocks and landforms of the Colorado Plateau region, specifically in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Geologic evolution and structural geology of the region will be discussed and the ancient sedimentary environments of deposition will be emphasized. A field trip will be held during the week of spring break.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GEOL 311, 312, 313, or permission of the instructor. Abundance of elements in the solar system. Origin, chemical evolution and composition of the earth; distribution and migration of chemical elements; differentiation history of the earth into crust, mantle and core. Origin and evolution of the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Chemical processes involved in weathering of rocks, chemical sedimentation and diagenesis.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CHEM 152 or permission of the instructor. Application of principles of geochemistry to environmental problems, including air and water pollution, water-rock interactions, weathering and soil formation. Origin, distribution and transport of inorganic contaminants in air, water, soils, sediments and plants. The behavior of trace elements in near surface environments.
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