GL105L (EX18) OS - Lab/Exploring Geology

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This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class. Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation.

Textbooks

Lab Manual:  Title: Geotours Workbook 2nd Edition 2017

Author: Wilkerson, Wilkerson, Marshak
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Co.
ISBN-13: 978-1-324-00096-9

Course Description

GL105L Exploring Geology Lab. (1 lab hour)
GL105L is the Lab portion of GL105 Exploring Geology.
This course introduces students to the science of geology.  Topics include the study of the origin of the earth, plate tectonics, volcanoes, weathering, metamorphism, geologic time, evolution, and the history of life on earth.  Labs explore minerals, rocks, fossils, and the living organisms characteristic of different geologic ages. PREREQUISITE: This course is to be taken concurrently with GL105.

Course Objectives

- To evaluate the types, formation and changes of major terrestrial surface materials (minerals, rocks, soils).
- To provide an overview of Earth’s major surface features and how they change.
- To relate landforms and landscapes to geologic processes.