This course satisfies part of Cornerstone 4, the humanities general education requirement. The course includes strategies of persuasion and analysis, research, methods of documentation, and other discourse conventions of college writing. This course is required by all Simpson students to satisfy a writing competency, however, only students with exceptional ACT scores will be enrolled in this course during their first semester. The study of the Earth with emphasis on the hydrologic system, the theory of plate tectonics and the geology and fossils of Iowa. The laboratory emphasizes the description, identification and drawing of outcrops and fossils.
Students prepare their own fossil collection.
Weekend field trips may replace some laboratory periods. This course satisfies part of Cornerstone 2, the science and mathematics general education requirement. This course is required for students majoring in Environmental Science with an Earth Science option. GER 101 LA Beginning German I Introductory skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing in German within the context of contemporary German culture. A lab is required.