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Geology
Geology is the science of Earth’s history, materials, and active forces. By examining how our planet forms resources, modifies landforms, and records changing global climates over millions of years, geology provides a crucial lens for understanding our physical world. Through a blend of field exploration, laboratory study, and interactive coursework, our program delivers the scientific perspective required to make informed decisions about water resources, natural hazards, ocean systems, and sustainable planetary growth.
Program Requirements: Units required: 28 Units:
- GEOLOGY-101 Physical Geology with Lab 4.0
- GEOLOGY-102 Earth History & The Fossil Record 4.0
- CHEM-201 General Chemistry I 5.0
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- CHEM-201H General Chemistry I – Honors 5.0
- CHEM-202 General Chemistry II 5.0
- MATH-211 Calculus I 5.0
- MATH-212 Calculus II 5.0
GEOLOGY100: Physical Geology
Explores the fundamental principles of geology with an emphasis on Earth processes, landforms, composition, and internal structure and origin. Included is an overview of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, geologic time, and geomorphology. Field trips may be required.
Explores the fundamental principles of geology with an emphasis on Earth processes, landforms, composition, and internal structure and origin. Provides the principles and tools of direct and remote observation of Earth’s crustal evolution and surface processes through the hands-on analysis of minerals, rocks, fossils, topographic and geologic maps, cross-sections, and other geologic tools. Lecture and Lab. Field trips may be required.
Studies the evolution of the earth's crust and the earth's plant and animal life from the beginnings to the present as revealed in geologic strata and in the fossil record. Emphasizes the evolution of the North American continent, its landforms, contiguous oceans, animals and plants, including some study of the principles of paleontology. Field trips may be required.
GEOLOGY103: Dinosaurs
Presents the origins, evolution, diversity, anatomy, physiology, ecology, habitat, behaviors, extinction, and paleontology of the dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era. Field trips may be required.
Units: 3.00
CSU-GE: B2
IGETC: 5B
Introduces the fundamentals of Environmental Geology including the interactions between and impacts of humans with the environment in a geologic context. Course emphasizes the Earth system and connections between the geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere as they relate to natural hazards, earth resources and human impacts on the environment within a geologic context. Field trips may be required.
Surveys the major geomorphic provinces of California, including their geologic history, topography, geologic structures, rock units, natural resources, and possible environmental risks. Field trips may be required.
