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GEOL 201: Earth and the Environment
Summer 2022 (6-weeks; June 13–July 22)
In this jam-packed course of physical and environmental geology course, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of how Earth works through interactive lectures, daily hands-on lab exercises and field trips. The evidence-based lectures will show you the basics of scientific endeavor, while laboratory exercises and the field trips will give you the chance to collect data in the field and make interpretations. The topics include plate tectonics, types of rocks and minerals, the rock cycle, volcanism, seismicity, surface processes, and introduction to geologic mapping. Finally, we will discuss the human impact on the geological environment.
Satisfies the following requirements in the College Core Curriculum:
LBSC: Lab sciences
EVCN: Environmental connection
NSMC: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
NMLG: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Learning Goals
Open to all undergraduates and high school students.
Not open for those students that have taken GEOL 203 or GEOL 250. | 
