Foundations of Geology

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 3 Credits: 4 Prerequisite: none Corequisite: none Restriction: Geoscience majors/minors, Earth and Environmental Science majors/minors, Environmental Engineering, Energy Management, Anthropology, Geographic Information Science and Planning majors, Biology majors (all tracks), or instructor permission. Description: Introduces the geological sciences, including the study of the Earth’s interior; plate tectonics; minerals and crystallography; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and their cycling; geologic time; crustal deformation and. Uses laboratory exercises to emphasize hand-on learning of basic geology skills including mineral and rock identification, understand the geometry of subsurface geologic structures, and topographic and geologic map reading. (Also offered as GEOS 200 . These courses may be substituted for each other and be used interchangeably for D and F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.) Cross-Listed: GEOS 200 Foundations of Geology