Grades will be based on a final examination. This course will introduce non-specialists to the subject of the timespan over which the earth has developed, the processes that are involved in the formation of rocks and minerals, the determination of the rates at which these processes occur, and the ways in which we can use the current behavior of the earth to deduce how rocks formed in the past. The course will also include relevant aspects of the historical development of geologic theory. It will be scientifically rigorous but, at the same time, draw upon examples meaningful to the student to illustrate the principle. Lectures twice weekly for half the term.
Course pack provides most of the diagrams.
A final examination. Introduction to Geology. Credit is not granted for G.S. 117 to those with credit for an introductory course in geology. A basic single-term course in introductory geology concentrating on the Evolution of the Earth in physical and chemical terms. The laboratory provides a practical study of minerals, rocks and geologic maps.