Physical Geology

Catalog description

Liberal Arts Class Hours: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab. Semester Credit Hours: 4 A combined lecture and laboratory course that is designed to help students to more thoroughly understand the physical environment and forces that shape our Earth and affect our lives. It primarily covers the relationships of Earth processes and the resultant rocks, minerals, physical features and natural resources on the Earth’s surface and in its subsurface. Labs associated with this course include the study of common rocks, minerals, topographic maps and geologic maps