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Geology Class Schedule


Fall Semester


General Education Courses

GE Category B1

  • GEOL 1000: Introductory Geology
  • GEOL 1060: Environmental Geology and Geological Hazards - G Designation

GE Category B3

  • GEOL 1000L: Introductory Geology Lab
  • GEOL 1060L: Environmental Geology and Geological Hazards - G Designation

GE Category B5

  • GEOL 3020: Natural Disasters
  • GEOL 3030: History of Life on Earth
  • GEOL 3040: Energy and the Environment

Liberal Studies

  • GEOL 1090: Earth: The Blue Planet (also offered at PDC)

Geology Major and Graduate Courses

  • GEOL 2500: Geology of California
  • GEOL 3100: Introduction to Geological Mapping
  • GEOL 3200: Mineralogy
  • GEOL 3300: Sedimentary Geology: Principles and Applications
  • GEOL 3700: Groundwater Hydrology
  • GEOL 3903: Advanced Field Geology
  • GEOL 4000: Undergraduate Geological Research
  • GEOL 5200: Tectonics (odd years)
  • GEOL 5420: Geochemical Thermodynamics (even years)
  • GEOL 5600: Earth Resources (tentative, even years)
  • GEOL 5620: Site Investigation, Siting, and Case Histories in Engineering Geology (odd years)
  • GEOL 6000: Advanced Environmental Chemistry and Geosciences
  • GEOL 6900: Graduate Seminar
  • GEOL 6940: Graduate Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 6950: Directed Graduate Research
  • GEOL 6970: Graduate Thesis
  • Additional electives and graduate courses may be offered

Spring Semester


General Education Courses

GE Category B1

  • GEOL 1000: Introductory Geology (also offered at PDC)

GE Category B3

  • GEOL 1000L: Introductory Geology Lab (also offered at PDC)

GE Category B5

  • GEOL 3020: Natural Disasters
  • GEOL 3030: History of Life on Earth

Liberal Studies

  • GEOL 1090: Earth: The Blue Planet

Geology Major Courses

  • GEOL 2000: Interpreting Earth Systems History: Stories from an Ancient Planet
  • GEOL 3100: Introduction to Geologic Mapping
  • GEOL 3220: Introduction to Geochemistry
  • GEOL 3240: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • GEOL 3400: Sedimentary Geology: Environmental Systems Analysis
  • GEOL 3500: Paleontology
  • GEOL 3600: Structural Geology
  • GEOL 3750: Field Methods in Hydrology
  • GEOL 3903: Advanced Field Geology
  • GEOL 3990: Geological Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 4100: Engineering Geology
  • GEOL 4900: Senior Seminar
  • GEOL 5000: Advanced Topics in Geology - Quaternary Geology (even years)
  • GEOL 5220: Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard Analysis (odd years, tentative)
  • GEOL 5430: Isotope Geochemistry (even years, tentative)
  • GEOL 6940: Graduate Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 6950: Directed Graduate Research
  • GEOL 6970: Graduate Thesis
  • Additional electives and graduate courses may be offered