4 semester hours. Special topics in geology chosen for their current or general interest. Open to any interested student. 4 semester hours. Academic perspectives examined include geological, political, social, psychological, and economic.
Course is multi-cultural and global in focus for case studies.
Critical analysis of readings and discussion are stressed. 5 semester hours. Identification, taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and evolution of the invertebrate and vertebrate life of the past. Structural Geology. 5 semester hours. Study of rock deformation and related geologic structures.