GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOSCI 100 or ENVIR ST/GEOSCI 106 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the fundamental terminology and principles that form the foundation of the Earth Sciences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the geologic significance of common minerals, rocks, and fossils. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the rock records of tectonic processes, surficial processes, and climate change. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize and be able to articulate how plate tectonics has affected biological evolution, and how the history of evolution is recorded/expressed in the fossil record. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the processes of mountain belt formation and post-orogenic erosion and/or extension and know the history of specific mountain belts that exemplify these processes. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the fundamental terminology and principles that form the foundation of the Earth Sciences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the geologic significance of common minerals, rocks, and fossils. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the rock records of tectonic processes, surficial processes, and climate change. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Recognize and be able to articulate how plate tectonics has affected biological evolution, and how the history of evolution is recorded/expressed in the fossil record. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize the processes of mountain belt formation and post-orogenic erosion and/or extension and know the history of specific mountain belts that exemplify these processes. Audience: Undergraduate