Humans and the environment, industrial exploitation of fossil fuels, energy sources, soils, water and other materials, environmental health, pollution, waste disposal, hazards, disasters, land use. F GEOL 311 Optical Mineralogy Laboratory 1 credit. A laboratory-based introduction to the identification of minerals in thin section. S GEOL 312 Lithology 2 credits. Hand-specimen description and field classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Emphasis is placed on plate tectonic setting.
Geologic Illustration and Photography 2 credits. A self-paced laboratory course in preparation of geologic diagrams, color and black and white photography. Students must have their own cameras and buy their own darkroom and drafting supplies. GEOL 106 OR GEOL 109. GEOL 352 Sedimentation-Stratigraphy 4 credits.