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| Earth Science | |||
| EARTH SCIENCE | |||
| CLASS CODE: | GEOL 110 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | GEOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course fulfills a General Education - Physical Science requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | This course is designed to enhance the student's understanding of their natural environment and how to relate it to their lives. It will cover basic concepts and methods used in geology, astronomy and meteorology. It helps prepare Education majors with the knowledge necessary to teach these concepts in the classroom. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This course is designed to enhance the student’s understanding of their natural environment and how to relate it in their life. It will cover basic concepts and methods used in geology, astronomy, and meteorology. It helps prepare education majors with knowledge necessary to teach these concepts in the classroom. This class will fill the Physical Science GE requirement. |
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| TOPICS: | 1. Minerals 2. Igneous Rocks - Intrusions 3. Igneous Activity 4. Sedimentary Rocks 5. Metamorphic Rocks 6. Rock Cycle 7. Resources from Rocks and Minerals 8. Weathering and Soils 9. Mass Wasting 10. Running Water-Streams & River Systems 11. Groundwater 12. Glaciers 13. Deserts and Wind 14. Oceans and Shorelines 15. Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior 16. Plate Tectonics 17. Mountain Building and Deformation 18. Geologic Time - Relative Dating 19. Radiometric Dating 20. Geologic Time Scale and Life of the Past 21. Atmospheric, Composition, Structure, and Temperature 22. Atmospheric Moisture 23. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind 24. Weather Patterns & Severe Storms 25. Astronomy 26. The Solar System 27. Light and its Observation; and the Sun 28. The Stars 29. Interstellar Matter and Galaxies |
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| OBJECTIVES: | 1. To prepare the Elementary Education major to teach earth science in the classroom. 2. To introduce General Education students to the basic principles of geology, meteorology, and astronomy. 3. To help students experience science as it relates to their surrounds. 4. To get students excited about teaching science and creating interest in grade school students to learn about the science of the earth. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Required Lab: Take Geology 102. Field trip attendance is required. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 1995 | ||