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Course Details

GEL 111   Introductory Geology
   
Lecture: 03 Lab: 02
Clinical:  00 Credit: 04
   
Components:  None
Prerequisites: Take DRE-098 or ENG-090 and RED-090 or Placement Test Credit Equivalent
Corequisites:   None
   
This course introduces basic landforms and geological processes. Topics include rocks, minerals, volcanoes, fluvial processes, geological history, plate tectonics, glaciers, and coastal dynamics. Upon completion, students should be able to describe basic geological processes that shape the earth.
This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in natural sciences/mathematics.