A professional course taught off campus emphasizing occurrence, description, mapping, and interpretation of major rock types. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. May be repeated. Special honors research in geology. Two hours of credit each semester.
Special honors research in geology.
Two hours of credit each semester. Informal discussions of research as reported in geological literature. All graduate students are expected to attend. Several local field trips are required during the semester. An interdisciplinary study of the Quarternary Period, including dating methods, deposits, soils, climates, tectonics, and human adaptation.