• GEO 3085: Earth Materials Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050), GEO 1015, and University Advanced Standing; CHEM 1210 or other chemistry course recommended. Corequisite(s): GEO 3080. Focuses on identification and classification of common rocks and minerals in hand sample and introduces optical mineralogy and petrography. Investigates the occurrence and formation of common rocks and minerals through direct observation of their properties and occurrence. Involves field trips, including the possibility of weekend trips. Corequisite:    GEO 3080
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• GEO 3100: Isotope Geochemistry

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050, (MATH 1050 or MATH 1055), CHEM 1210 and University Advanced Standing. Provides an introduction to the principles and applications of isotope geochemistry, which plays an important role in a wide variety of geological, biological, and environmental investigations, and summarizes the analytical techniques used in the field. Examines the theory of radiometric dating and provides an overview of the most commonly used geochronometers. Focuses on stable isotopes with emphasis on oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur and with applications in paleoclimatology, ecology and paleoecology, archeology, and hydrology.
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• GEO 3105: Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050, (MATH 1050 or MATH 1055), CHEM 1210 and University Advanced Standing. Explores the analysis and interpretation of real isotope data and provides hands-on experience in their use to solve problems and answer questions in geochronology, paleoclimatology, hydrology, and archaeology. Requires data analysis utilizing Microsoft Excel.
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• GEO 3200: Geologic Hazards

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050), GEO 1015, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): GEO 3205. Examines the ways in which geologic hazards (including earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, problem soils, ground subsidence and earth fissures) impact civilization. Studies the processes responsible for these hazards, how to geologically assess whether each of these hazards is a concern at a particular site, how each type of hazard can be planned for, and what laws and regulations need to be considered during site investigations. Facilitates discussion of hazards, vulnerability, risk and societal planning/mitigation.. Course Lab fee of $21 for transportation, lab applies. Corequisite:    GEO 3205
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• GEO 3205: Geologic Hazards Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050), GEO 1015, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): GEO 3200. Investigates geologic hazards through field observation, mapping, geospatial analyses, quantitative analyses, and report writing. Applies geologic hazards science to associated laws and regulations. Facilitates discussion of hazards, vulnerability, risk and societal planning/mitigation. Corequisite:    GEO 3200
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• GEO 3500: Geomorphology WE

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 1010 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050 or GEOG 1000; University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): GEO 3505. Examines the geologic processes operating at the Earth's surface to understand the origin of our planet's varied landscapes. Explores how landforms respond to climate change, tectonic forcing, and changes in land use. Addresses common geomorphic processes including weathering and soils, hillslope processes, fluvial processes, aeolian transport, glacial and periglacial environments, coastal processes, and the interactions between climate and tectonics. Course lab fee of $21 applies. Corequisite:    GEO 3505
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• GEO 3505: Geomorphology Lab

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 1010 or GEOG 1000 or GEO 1030 or GEO 1040 or GEO 1050; University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): GEO 3500. Investigates Earth surface processes through field observation and geospatial analyses to map and measure properties of landforms due to erosion and deposition. Addresses rock weathering, the formation of soils, major geomorphic processes including hillslope, river, wind, glacial, and coastal processes, as well as the underlying drivers (climate and tectonics) of geomorphic change. Corequisite:    GEO 3500
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• GEO 3700: Structure and Tectonics

  4.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 1220, GEO 3080, (PHYS 2010 or PHYS 2210), and University Advanced Standing. Investigates the fundamentals of global plate tectonics and rock deformation. Includes applications to petroleum geology, environmental geology, and engineering geology. Explores geometric techniques of structural analysis in the laboratory. Involves field trips, possibly including weekend trips.. Course lab fee of $21 for transportation, lab applies.
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• GEO 4080: Petrology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): GEO 3080, CHEM 1220, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): GEO 4085. Examines the Earth's rock factories, specifically igneous and metamorphic processes and how they are related to plate tectonics. Delves into geochemistry, applied thermodynamics, and kinetics in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks as it pertains to the genesis of these rocks. Further explores the techniques of petrographic microscopy and introduces other analytical techniques such as scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis, and mass spectrometry. Requires students to collect, analyze, and interpret petrologic data to gain insight into a petrogenetic process.. Course lab fee of $21 applies. Corequisite:    GEO 4085
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• GEO 4085: Petrology Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Corequisite(s): GEO 4080. Takes a hands-on approach to petrology. Provides opportunities for the student to collect and work with data to illuminate a variety of petrologic processes. Implements rock and mineral sample reference collections, field trip(s), petrographic microscopes, sample preparation labs, analytical instrumentation to investigate petrogenetic processes. Corequisite:    GEO 4080
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