The taxonomy of fossil organisms and the role of fossils in the study of organic evolution and the time relations of rock sequences. The laboratory stresses invertebrate morphology and quantitative measurement of local marine fossils. Three class hours, three laboratory hours. Geology of the United States. Descriptive treatment of the major aspects of the geology of the physiographic regions of the conterminous United States.
Major emphasis is on the stratigraphy, structure, and development of each region.
The study of landforms, their genesis, and their change through time. Various types of maps and aerial photographs are utilized. Field trips required. Three class hours, three laboratory hours. An introduction to the causes and extent of air and water pollution, and to methods of preventing, reducing, or eliminating problems relating to ground and surface water, air, and solid waste.