Geoscience Courses

Introductory Courses

Geoscience Topics - GEO 150 - In-depth exploration
of a particular scientific question or geoscience related issue.

The Solid Earth - GEO 170 - A study of the form and function of the solid Earth, using plate tectonics as its central paradigm.

200-level Courses

Environmental Hydrology - GEO 210 - Study water at or near the surface of the Earth

Problems in Earth History - GEO 230 - Explore the methods by which the Earth's history is understood.

Mineralogy - GEO 240 - A study of the structure, chemistry and origin of minerals.

Physical Oceanography - GEO 250 - The ocean as a physical system with an emphasis [placed] on the understanding of the physical processes at work in lakes and oceans.

Meteorology - GEO 260 - An introduction to the physics of the atmosphere and weather systems.

Paleoclimatology - GEO 270 - An introduction to the study of climate prior to the period of instrumentation.

Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry - GEO 280 - Study of aqueous fluids as the agents of geologic change.

Paleontology - GEO 290 - Explore the fossil record from the perspective of the questions that can be asked of it.

300-level Courses

Geoscience System Modeling - GEO 310 - Examine specific aspects of a complex real system and predict outcomes with models.

Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks - GEO 320 - An investigation of sedimentary rocks the most common geologic materials on the Earth's surface.

Limnology - GEO 330 - Study of lakes from a chemical, geological, physical and geological perspective.

Petrology - GEO 340 - Processes of formation and interpretration of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Structural Geology - GEO 370 - Study of deformed rocks which mark areas of present or past crustal movement, chiefly the Earth's mountain belts

Independent Study - GEO 450

Honors - GEO 495