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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 9.00 Credits
(Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
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3.00 Credits
Geological topics, such as environmental hazards, plate tectonics, and mineral resources and society, offered in different years. No prior knowledge of geology is assumed. May not be taken for credit after 130. (Only one Geology 100 course unit may be applied toward divisional credit in the natural sciences.) (May meet the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) Block 4: Studies in Geology: Floods and Landslides and Earthquakes! Oh, my!. Causes and consequences of geological hazards and natural disasters, including floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, asteroid impacts, and tsunamis (tidal waves). The course begins by examining popular media portrayal of hazards and disasters, then explores the science behind these natural phenomena. Prerequisite: No credit if taken after 130 or 140. 1 unit - Ouimet. Block 6: Studies in Geology: Geology of Antarctica - a Record of Global Change. The course centers on geological records of environmental change from Antarctica, including rock successions, ice cores, and dynamic contemporary glacial-marine systems. These records illuminate plate tectonic and supercontinent cycles over geological time scales and fossil lineages of extinct organisms, on through to glacial cycles that correspond more closely to human time scales and contemporary climate warming. Prerequisite: No credit if taken after 130 or 140. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Siddoway. Block 8: Studies in Geology: Life and Death of Dinosaurs. The study of these enigmatic creatures living on a landscape much different that our own will be used to illustrate how geologists study plants, animals, ecosystem relations and climates of the past, and why extinctions can occur. Class work will be complemented by field trips to both paleontological digs and to museums. Prerequisite: No credit if taken after 130 or 140. 1 unit - Fricke.
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5.00 - 9.00 Credits
An examination of the nature and causes of earthquakes and volcanos, including historical events, impact on humans, current hazardous regions and forecasting abilities. The class will culminate in a discussion of plate tectonic theory to explain these phenomena globally. Interactions amongst politics, economics and geology will be emphasized in understanding current approaches to handling potential catastrophes. (Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Basic principles of physical and chemical oceanography. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
The materials of the earth, earth processes and interrelationships between these domains. History of the earth, with emphasis on how geologists accomplish their historical inquiries. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) Prerequisite: No credit after Geology 140. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
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3.00 Credits
The fundamentals of physical geology: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks; basic mineralogy; structural geology; mapping; and examination of local stratigraphic units. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for the natural sciences.) Prerequisite: No credit after Geology 130. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) 1 unit - Anderson, Fricke, Myrow, Ouimet, Quane.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
A survey of environmental issues from the geologist's perspective, including such topics as: hazards from volcanoes, earthquakes, and floods, bio-geochemical cycles and atmospheric change, and energy and mineral resources. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Crystallography and crystal chemistry; optics; systematic mineralogy of the silicates and non-silicates. Prerequisite: Geology 130 or 140, Chemistry 107 and Trigonometry. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Fricke.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of processes in igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis; phase equilibria; microscope analysis of rocks. Prerequisite: Geology 201. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Quane.
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3.00 Credits
Historical development of the Earth and life history emphasizing the major tectonic and stratigraphic patterns and the feedback between the physical Earth and biological evolution. Prerequisite: Geology 130 or 140. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Myrow.
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