STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOSCI 202 , 204 , and ( G L E/GEOSCI 370 or concurrent enrollment), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use conceptual models as a foundation for quantitative analysis of physical processes of interest to geologists and engineers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Summarize and articulate parameters influencing the geometries and types of geologic structures resulting from deformation in different tectonic environments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize common geological structures and determine their kinematic, dynamic, and rheologic significance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Characterize rock deformation quantitatively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Utilize a range of common approaches to documenting, representing, and manipulating structural data. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Recognize patterns formed from isolated data points to construct an appropriate conceptual model of a 3D geologic structure. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Extract and convey three-dimensional information using two-dimensional diagrams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Analyze kinematic, dynamic, and rheological approaches to specific field settings. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use conceptual models as a foundation for quantitative analysis of physical processes of interest to geologists and engineers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Summarize and articulate parameters influencing the geometries and types of geologic structures resulting from deformation in different tectonic environments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Recognize common geological structures and determine their kinematic, dynamic, and rheologic significance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Characterize rock deformation quantitatively. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Utilize a range of common approaches to documenting, representing, and manipulating structural data. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Recognize patterns formed from isolated data points to construct an appropriate conceptual model of a 3D geologic structure. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Extract and convey three-dimensional information using two-dimensional diagrams. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Analyze kinematic, dynamic, and rheological approaches to specific field settings. Audience: Graduate