Credit Weight: 0.5 Description: The course offers students the opportunity to better understand and appreciate the evolution and internal functions of the Earth through geological time. An overview of minerals and rocks is followed by discussion of internal processes including igneous activity, earthquakes and magnetism. The origin of continents, ocean basins and large scale structures is presented by applying the concepts of plate tectonics. Cross-List(s): Environmental Studies 1111 Offering: 3-0; 0-0

Geology 1110 Planet Earth

Credit Weight: 0.5 Description: The course offers students the opportunity to better understand and appreciate the evolution and internal functions of the Earth through geological time. An overview of minerals and rocks is followed by discussion of internal processes including igneous activity, earthquakes and magnetism. The origin of continents, ocean basins and large scale structures is presented by applying the concepts of plate tectonics. Cross-List(s): Environmental Studies 1111 Offering: 3-0; 0-0





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