Emphasis is on plate tectonic setting.
The course is designed to serve both the non-science major and those students intending to major in the earth sciences. This course has a laboratory section that meets for a three hour session each week. One weekend field trip and one lab section field trip offered. Emphasis on the development of the North American continent with particular interset in the geotectonic evolution the North American Cordillera. This course provides laboratory and field experience to introduce the field of historical earth science.