Course Descriptions

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Geology Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
GEOL 100 Introduction to Geology (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 101 Introduction to Geology Laboratory (1) Fall 2009
GEOL 105 History of Life (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 110 Physical Geology (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 115 Earth and Life Through Time (4) Spring 2009
GEOL 120 Introduction to Geologic Techniques (2) Fall 2009
GEOL 125 Quantitative Geology (4) Spring 2009
GEOL 270 Environmental Geology (3) Fall 2006
GEOL 272 Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault (3) Fall 2006
GEOL 302 The Violent Earth (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 305 Energy and Its Environmental Issues (3) Fall 2007
GEOL 309 Investigating Land, Sea, and Air Interactions (3) Fall 2005
GEOL 350 Geology of the National Parks (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 352 Geological Excursions (1) Spring 2004
GEOL 356 Geology of California (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 405 Planetary Climate Change (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 410 Volcanology (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 420 Mineralogy and Petrology I (4) Spring 2009
GEOL 425 Integrated Earth Sciences (3) Effective Spring 2005
GEOL 426 Mineralogy and Petrology II (4) Fall 2008
GEOL 430 Structural Geology (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 440 Paleontology (3) Spring 2007
GEOL 450 Geomorphology (4) Fall 2008
GEOL 452 Coastal Processes (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 454 Quaternary Climate and Soils (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 460 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 462 Geology of Hydrocarbons (3) Effective Summer 2007
GEOL 467 Marine Geology (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 470 Neotectonics (3) Spring 2008
GEOL 473 Surface Water Hydrology (3) Effective Spring 2010
GEOL 474 Engineering Geology (3) Spring 2007
GEOL 475 Hydrogeology (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 476 Groundwater Contamination (3) Spring 2007
GEOL 480 Geochemistry (4) Effective Summer 2009
GEOL 485 Ore Deposits (4) Effective Summer 2008
GEOL 590 Seminar in Geosciences (1-3) Effective Fall 1999
GEOL 642 Watershed Assessment and Restoration (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 693 Cooperative Education Program (6-12) Effective Fall 1994
GEOL 693 Variable topics:
  GEOL 693 Cooperative Education Program (12) Spring 2009
  GEOL 693 Cooperative Education Program (6) Spring 2009
GEOL 694 Cooperative Education in Geology (1-3) Effective Fall 1994
GEOL 694 Variable topics:
  GEOL 694 Cooperative Education in Geology (1) Fall 2009
  GEOL 694 Cooperative Education in Geology (2) Fall 2009
  GEOL 694 Cooperative Education in Geology (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 695 Field Methods in Geology (2) Spring 2009
GEOL 697 Undergraduate Research (2) Fall 2009
GEOL 698 Senior Thesis (2) Fall 2009
GEOL 699 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
GEOL 699 Variable topics:
  GEOL 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  GEOL 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  GEOL 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 700 Graduate Seminar in Geosciences (1) Fall 2009
GEOL 701 Research Methods in Geosciences (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 702 Quantitative Methods in Geosciences (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 750 Geomorphology (4) Fall 2008
GEOL 752 Coastal Processes (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 754 Quaternary Climate and Soils (3) Spring 2009
GEOL 756 Science of Anthropogenic Climate Change (4) Spring 2008
GEOL 770 Neotectonics (3) Spring 2008
GEOL 775 Hydrogeology (4) Fall 2009
GEOL 776 Groundwater Contamination (3) Spring 2007
GEOL 780 Geochemistry (4) Effective Summer 2009
GEOL 785 Ore Deposits (4) Effective Summer 2008
GEOL 795 Selected Topics in the Geosciences (1-3) Effective Summer 2007
GEOL 795 Variable topics:
  GEOL 795 Paleoceanography (1) Effective Spring 2010
  GEOL 795 Paleoceanography (3) Effective Fall 2009
  GEOL 795 Rock Mechanics in Geomorphology (2) Spring 2009
  GEOL 795 Tectonic Geomorphology (3) Fall 2009
  GEOL 795 Vadose Zone Hydrology (3) Effective Spring 2010
GEOL 896 Directed Reading in the Geosciences (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 897 Research Project (1-3) Effective Fall 1996
GEOL 897 Variable topics:
  GEOL 897 Research Project (1) Fall 2009
  GEOL 897 Research Project (2) Fall 2009
  GEOL 897 Research Project (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
GEOL 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
GEOL 899 Variable topics:
  GEOL 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  GEOL 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  GEOL 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
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