GEOL 4950 - Directed Studies Geology . GEOL 5010 - Environmental Geology . GEOL 5050 - Oceanography . The physical, chemical, geological, and biological characteristics of the ocean and the interactions between the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. An introduction to mineral and rock identifications, and the study of the genesis, occurrence, and uses of common minerals and rocks.
Laboratory consists of identification of common rocks and minerals.
GEOL 5101 - Mineralogy . GEOL 5102 - Petrology and Petrography . Genesis classification, and properties of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Laboratory includes the use of analytical methods, hand specimens, and thin-section study with the petrographic microscope, and the megascopic and microscopic properties of important rock types. GEOL 5200 - History of Life .