INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY: HOW THE EARTH WORKS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students with credit for GEOSCI/ENVIR ST 106 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the plate tectonic paradigm and how it relates to phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize landscape features and how they form. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the concept of geologic time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize how water shapes Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe how life interacts with and shapes Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize Earth energy and materials resources. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Recognize key minerals and rocks. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Read topographic and geologic maps. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the plate tectonic paradigm and how it relates to phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize landscape features and how they form. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the concept of geologic time. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize how water shapes Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe how life interacts with and shapes Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Recognize Earth energy and materials resources. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Recognize key minerals and rocks. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Read topographic and geologic maps. Audience: Undergraduate