Environmental Geology - Problems of mineral, energy and water resources, waste disposal, soils and health, geologic hazards, and land use.
Course requires a weekend field trip to pertinent regional destinations.
Historical Geology - The evolutionary history of the earth and its life. Two Saturday field trips required. Meteorology - Introduction to principles controlling weather and their effect on man and the environment. Oceanography - Introduction to the physical, chemical and biological aspects of the marine environment. Earth Materials - Identification of rocks and minerals based on observation and study of physical properties.