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Mar 29, 2024
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GEOL 102 - Geology of National Parks (On reserve as of 9/16/15) Description: Fundamentals of geology applied to selected national parks in North America. Four lectures per week. Put on reserve as of 9/16/15. Will go inactive 8/24/18.
Prerequisites: Co- or prerequisite: GEOL 101LAB.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Recognize and interpret connections between geologic provinces of North America. Understand the plate tectonics behind the evolution of these western American landscapes.
- Apply of fundamentals of geology to familiar landscapes of the National Park System.
- Describe and recognize the difference between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Will understand the origin and plate tectonic setting for each of these rocks.
- Critically assess a series of data sets to solve a given geologic problem.
- Describe the process for determining absolute age dates for igneous rocks.
- Manipulate and interpret the scientific method - and the difference between observation and interpretation.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 1/20/2011
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