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May 20, 2024
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GEOL 2020 - Introductory Geology Lab
Laboratory covering mineral and rock identification, topographic and geologic map reading, and geologic time for students planning to major or minor in the geological sciences.
Requisites: (GEOL 1200 or 1300 or 1350 or 1400 or 1700 or 2080 or 2110 or 2150 or 2210 or 2310 or 2710) and WARNING: No credit for this course if taken after the following: GEOL 1010 or 2830
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Be able to identify a set of common rock-forming minerals.
- Be able to identify the basic common types of igneous rocks.
- Be able to identify the basic common types of metamorphic rocks.
- Be able to identify the basic common types of sedimentary rocks.
- Know the concepts of strike and dip, and be able to integrate those concepts with outcrop patterns on geologic maps so as to understand the style of bedrock geology in a given area.
- Recognize land forms from a variety of landscapes and be able to deduce the process through which those landforms were generated (e.g. running water, wind, glaciers, etc.)
- Understand and be able to apply the fundamental concept of contour lines on topographic maps.
- Understand how, at an introductory level, the surface expression of outcrop patterns, strike, and dip on geologic maps reflect the geological processes beneath the land surface.
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