GEOL1015-A Intro To Phys Geology Lab

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School of Engineering and Science
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2025
Session: Full Term (Aug 25 - Dec 12)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025
End Date: Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues.
Time: 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM

This is a laboratory course to support instruction in a physical geology course for the science major. Students engage in hands-on experimentation and participate in instructor led demonstrations reviewing select aspects of the properties of various mineral groups and of representative igneous metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Students engage in the drawing review and analysis of topographic and geologic maps. The course prepares students in the appropriate use and calibration of the analytical techniques and equipment used by the geological community. Students review historical data related to the earths internal structure its magnetic and thermal properties the fossil record the distribution of the earths mineral resources and geologic hazards among others and prepare reports charts graphs and maps to display and interpret these data.