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Geology Class Schedule


Fall Semester


General Education Courses

Area 5A: Physical Sciences

  • GEOL 1000: Introductory Geology (also offered at PDC)

Area 5C: Laboratory

  • GEOL 1000L: Introductory Geology Lab (also offered at PDC)

Upper-division Area 2/5

  • GEOL 3020: Natural Disasters
  • GEOL 3030: History of Life on Earth
  • GEOL 3040: Energy and the Environment

Liberal Studies

  • GEOL 1090: Earth: The Blue Planet (also offered at PDC)

Geology Major and Graduate Courses

  • GEOL 2500: Geology of California
  • GEOL 3100: Introduction to Geological Mapping
  • GEOL 3200: Mineralogy
  • GEOL 3300: Sedimentary Geology: Principles and Applications
  • GEOL 3700: Groundwater Hydrology
  • GEOL 3903: Advanced Field Geology
  • GEOL 4000: Undergraduate Geological Research
  • GEOL 5220: Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard Analysis
  • GEOL 5600: Earth Resources
  • GEOL 6000: Advanced Environmental Chemistry and Geosciences
  • GEOL 6940: Graduate Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 6950: Directed Graduate Research
  • GEOL 6970: Graduate Thesis
  • Additional electives and graduate courses may be offered

Spring Semester


General Education Courses

Area 5A: Physical Sciences

  • GEOL 1000: Introductory Geology (also offered at PDC)

Area 5C: Laboratory

  • GEOL 1000L: Introductory Geology Lab (also offered at PDC)

Upper-division Area 2/5

  • GEOL 3020: Natural Disasters (also offered at PDC)
  • GEOL 3030: History of Life on Earth
  • GEOL 3040: Energy and the Environment

Liberal Studies

  • GEOL 1090: Earth: The Blue Planet

Geology Major Courses

  • GEOL 2000: Interpreting Earth Systems History: Stories from an Ancient Planet
  • GEOL 3220: Introduction to Geochemistry
  • GEOL 3240: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • GEOL 3500: Paleontology (alternate years)
  • GEOL 3600: Structural Geology
  • GEOL 3750: Field Methods in Hydrology
  • GEOL 3903: Advanced Field Geology
  • GEOL 3990: Geological Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 4100: Engineering Geology (alternate years)
  • GEOL 4900: Senior Seminar
  • GEOL 5000: Advanced Topics in Geology (odd years); 2027 offering: Advanced Petrology
  • GEOL 5430: Isotope Geochemistry (even years, tentative)
  • GEOL 6100: Graduate Geological Mapping
  • GEOL 6940: Graduate Research Methods and Design
  • GEOL 6950: Directed Graduate Research
  • GEOL 6970: Graduate Thesis
  • Additional electives and graduate courses may be offered