HISTORY OF GEOLOGIC THOUGHT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOSCI 204 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities 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 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the progression of ideas in the history of the geological sciences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss controversies that have existed in geology and how they have been resolved. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Provide a detailed understanding of the theory of continental drift and its relationship to the theory of plate tectonics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze and evaluate both the nature of science and the process of science, as applied to specific historical developments in geology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Generate a history in one's subfield in geology or about a specific geologic controversy. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the progression of ideas in the history of the geological sciences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss controversies that have existed in geology and how they have been resolved. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Provide a detailed understanding of the theory of continental drift and its relationship to the theory of plate tectonics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze and evaluate both the nature of science and the process of science, as applied to specific historical developments in geology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Generate a history in one's subfield in geology or about a specific geologic controversy. Audience: Graduate