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  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This course consists of educational work experience.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Directed study of selected topics. Written report required. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Repeatable for credit. Check with major department for limitations on number of credits that can be counted for graduation. (F,Sp)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces fluvial geomorphology through the reading of landscapes and riverscapes. Students learn to appreciate riverscape diversity, in which distinctive suites of physical and biotic processes (behavior) help shape landscape form and character. Weekend field trips are required. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Cross-listed as: GEO 6150 and WATS 5150/WATS 6150.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Integrative approach to examining geologic relationships in the field, deciphering geologic evolution of map regions, and interpreting the structure and distribution of rocks. Results presented in reports, maps, cross-sections, and graphical formats. Requires 40-45 hours of lab per week for 3.5-4.0 weeks. Prerequisite/Restriction: GEO 2800, GEO 3550, GEO 3600, GEO 3700, GEO 4700.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is an applied, geoscience workforce-focused field course. Practical geoscience skills, including field mapping, lithologic logging and well-log analyses, water and soil sampling, and surveying are combined with professional skills such as safety, site assessment, and reporting. Prerequisites/Restrictions: GEO 3800 GEO 4500 GEO 4700
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with a basic understanding of volcanic processes. Students gain an understanding of the range and scope of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions. Prehistoric volcanic eruptions reconstructed from their deposits. To receive graduate credit, student must write student grant proposal to do research in some area of volcanology relevant to hazards assessment. Cross-listed as: GEO 6360
  • 2.00 Credits

    Students collect sedimentary rocks, make thin sections, use polarizing microscopes to identify common sedimentary minerals and characterize rock properties, classify siliclastic and carbonate rocks, propose a research project, and write and present the results of the project to peers. Crosslisted as: GEO 6390 Prerequisite: GEO 2800
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students study correlation of clastic and carbonate rocks, and depositional and erosional systems in marine and continental sedimentary basins, learning sequence stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, paleomagnetism and biostratigraphy, sedimentary responses to changes in base level, and influences of tectonic and climatic forces. Crosslisted as: GEO 6410 Prerequisite: GEO 3550
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed as an introduction to ore deposits and ore-forming processes. The chief objectives are (1) a basic understanding of how ore deposits form, (2) to learn how ore deposits are classified, and (3) to understand the origins of different types of ore deposits. The primary focus is on metallic mineral deposits, but some of the more important non-metallic deposits will also be covered, excluding hydrocarbons. Graduate students will write an additional research proposal. Prerequisites: GEO 2800; GEO 4500 recommended Also Taught As: GEO 6420
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course surveys prominent invertebrate groups, including their diagnostic morphologic features, stratigraphic ranges, and environmental tolerances. It equips students with the necessary information and techniques to enable them to recognize and utilize fossils in stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental interpretation. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Crosslisted as: GEO 6430 Prerequisite/Restriction: GEO 3200.