Geology Course Descriptions

GEOL 201 Introduction to Earth Science I 3 Credit Hours
Note—Education majors taking this course as a requirement must take GEOL 211 (lab) as a corequisite.
A study of the materials and processes of the earth including minerals and rocks, weathering and soils, mass wasting, surface and ground water, glaciers, deserts, earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanoes, crustal deformation and mountain building, geochronology, fossils, and geologic history of the earth.
Lecture: three hours.

GEOL 202 Introduction to Earth Science II 3 Credit Hours
Note—Education majors taking this course as a requirement must take GEOL 212 (lab) as a corequisite.
A study of oceans, continental margins, sediments, currents, tides, waves, shoreline features; weather and climate, atmospheric moisture, pressure and wind, hurricanes and tornadoes, air pollution, weather modificatio; astronomy, earth/moon relations, solar system, stellar properties, and the origin of the universe.
Lecture: three hours.

GEOL 211 Earth Science Laboratory I 1 credit hour
Corequisite: GEOL 201
A series of laboratory exercises that parallels the subjects covered in GEOL 201.
Laboratory: two hours.

GEOL 212 Earth Science Laboratory II 1 credit hour
Corequisite: GEOL 202
A series of laboratory exercises that parallels the subjects covered in GEOL 202.
Laboratory: two hours.

GEOL 303 Geology for Engineers 3 Credit Hours
Required of and limited to juniors in civil engineering.
Minerals and rocks; structural geology; surface and ground water; other processes which shape the surface of the earth and their influence on engineering practice; earthquakes; geophysical exploration; geologic maps.
Lecture: two hours; laboratory: two hours.

GEOL 308 Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: none (GEOL 201 or GEOL 303 is recommended)
May not be substituted for GEOL 303
A study of the relationship between people and their geologic environment including such topics as hurricanes, floods, water and air pollution, energy and mineral resources, volcanic activity, and earthquakes.
Lecture: three hours.