This survey course includes space exploration, telescopes, the night sky, black holes and cosmology among others. The LCC planetarium and observatory play an important role in augmenting lecture and laboratory material. If you haven't had high school chemistry recently, begin with CHEM 125. Reading 5, Writing 4, Math 4 Designed for students who plan on taking CHEM 151. This course investigates the dynamic physical earth.
Laboratory includes mineral and rock identification and map interpretation.
Plate tectonics is used to integrate crustal and organic evolution in the dynamic global system. Laboratory stresses interpretation of the rock and fossil records, geologic maps, and plate tectonics' influence on the environment. Concepts of physical geology are applied to human interactions with the environment. Lab includes mineral and rock identification, map interpretation, and environmental problem solving. Lab includes weather observations and weather map interpretation.