100 Level (Foundation Courses for Non-Majors, Majors & Minors)

01:460:103 Introductory Geology Laboratory

• Credits: 1
• Instructor(s): Department Instructors
• Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or Undergraduate Program Director.
• Note: For students requiring fulfillment of the Geological Sciences lab requirement who have previously taken 01:460:100 Planet Earth. Lab times are those scheduled for 01:460:101 labs.

Explores mineral and rock identification, geological sample analysis, structural and seismological interpretation, and field observations.

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01:460:101 Introductory Geology

• Credits: 4
• SAS Core: NS
• Instructor(s): Prof. Swisher
• Prerequisites: None
• Note: Designed for those majoring in the sciences, and 01:460 majors and minors; partially fulfills SAS Natural Sciences (NS) requirement. Non-science majors/minors should take 460:100 Planet Earth. Credit not given for both this course and 460:100 Planet Earth.

Geological concepts, principles, processes, chemistry, and physics of the Earth and the interplay of Earth Systems. Course explores the Earth as a whole, its origin, structure, composition, history and the nature of the processes that resulted in its formation and its present state. Lecture 3 hours, lab 3 hours.

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01:460:102 Introductory Geology II: Historical

• Credits: 3
• SAS Core: NS
• Instructor(s): Prof. Wright
• Prerequisites: 01:460:101 or 460:100 or by permission of instructor
• Note: Designed for majors and minors; partially fulfills SAS Natural Sciences (NS) requirement. Credit not given for both this course and 460:212 Earth & Life Through Time.

Principles and concepts of plate tectonics and reconstructing past geography and environments; the history of Earth's climate, environments, biogeochemical cycles, and life through time.

01:460:116--Building Blocks of the Solar System

• Credits: 3
• SAS Core: NS
• Instructor(s): Prof. Bermingham
• Prerequisites: None
• Note: Designed for non-science majors and minors; partially fulfills SAS Natural Sciences (NS) core requirements.

NEW! What is the Solar System made of? How did it and the planets form? Why does the Solar System contain life? In the context of learning about the role of chemistry in the evolution of our world, these and other fundamental questions in planetary science will be discussed. No prerequisites.

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