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GEOLOGY (GEOL) - (2021-2022 Catalog) 1 GEOLOGY (GEOL) - (2021-2022 Catalog) 1 GEOL309. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS. 4.0 Semester GEOLOGY (GEOL) Hrs. (I) (WI) Recognition, habitat, and origin of deformational structures related GEOL102. INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 1.0 to stresses and strains (rock mechanics and microstructures) and plate Semester Hr. tectonics. Structural development of mountain belts, rift, strike-slip and (II) Presentations by faculty members and outside professionals of case salt systems. Comprehensive field and laboratory projects use descriptive studies to provide a comprehensive overview of the fields of Geology geometry, stereographic projection, structural contours, map and cross and Geological Engineering and the preparation necessary to pursue section construction, air photo interpretation, and seismic reflection data careers in those fields. A short paper on an academic professional path analysis. Required of Geological Engineers. Prerequisite: GEGN101, will be required. Prerequisite: GEGN101 or concurrent enrollment. 1 hour GEGN203, GEGN204, GEGN205 and GEGN206 or GPGN200. 3 hours lecture; 1 semester hour. lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours. GEOL198. SEMINAR IN GEOLOGY OR GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. GEOL310. EARTH MATERIALS. 3.0 Semester Hrs. 1-6 Semester Hr. (I) Introduction to Earth Materials, emphasizing the structure, formation, (I, II) Pilot course or special topics course. Topics chosen from special distribution and engineering behavior of minerals and rocks. Structural interests of instructor(s) and student(s). Usually the course is offered only features and processes are related to stress/strain theory and rock once. Prerequisite: none. Variable credit; 1 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable mechanics principles. Laboratories and field exercises emphasize the for credit under different titles. recognition, description and engineering evaluation of natural materials. Lectures and case study exercises present the knowledge of natural GEOL199. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GEOLOGY. 1-6 Semester Hr. materials and processes necessary for mining engineering careers. (I, II) Individual research or special problem projects supervised by a Prerequisites: GEGN101. 2 hours lecture; 3 hours lab; 3 semester hours. faculty member, also, when a student and instructor agree on a subject matter, content, and credit hours. Prerequisite: ?Independent Study? GEOL311. MINING GEOLOGY. 3.0 Semester Hrs. form must be completed and submitted to the Registrar. Variable credit; 1 (II) Introduction to Mining Geology, emphasizing the formation, to 6 credit hours. Repeatable for credit. distribution, engineering behavior, exploration for and geological aspects of development of ore materials. Laboratories emphasize the recognition, GEOL201. PLATE TECTONICS. 3.0 Semester Hrs. description and engineering evaluation of ores and their hosts. Lectures (II) An introduction to the theory of plate tectonics as a first-order and case study exercises present the knowledge of ores and ore-forming framework with which the temporal and spatial evolution of the Earth?s processes necessary for mining engineering careers. Prerequisites: surface and interior may be described and understood. Key topics include GEGN101 and GEOL310 or MNGN310. 2 hours lecture; 3 hours lab; 3 the mechanisms of mountain building, crustal growth and destruction, semester hours. volcanism and seismicity in intraplate and plate-margin settings, and secular changes in plate tectonic processes and products over geological GEOL314. STRATIGRAPHY. 4.0 Semester Hrs. time. Laboratory exercises will involve individual and group exercises that (II) Lectures and laboratory and field exercises in concepts of stratigraphy utilize qualitative and quantitative analysis of geophysical, geochemical, and biostratigraphy, facies associations in various depositional geochronological, and petrological datasets to constrain the large-scale environments, sedimentary rock sequences and geometries in dynamics of the Earth. Prerequisite: GEGN101. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours sedimentary basins, and geohistory analysis of sedimentary basins. lab; 3 semester hours. Prerequisites: GEGN101, GEGN203 or GEGN204, GEGN205. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours. GEOL298. SPECIAL TOPICS. 1-6 Semester Hr. (I, II) Pilot course or special topics course. Topics chosen from special GEOL315. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY. 3.0 Semester interests of instructor(s) and student(s). Usually the course is offered only Hrs. once. Prerequisite: none. Variable credit; 1 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable (I) Integrated lecture, laboratory and field exercises on the genesis of for credit under different titles. sedimentary rocks as related to subsurface porosity and permeability development and distribution for non-geology majors. Emphasis is placed GEOL308. INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY. 3.0 on siliciclastic systems of varying degrees of heterogeneity. Topics Semester Hrs. include diagenesis, facies analysis, correlation techniques, and sequence (II) Nature and origin of structural features of Earth?s crust emphasizing and seismic stratigraphy. Application to hydrocarbon exploitation stressed structural controls on oil and gas entrapment. Structural patterns and throughout the course. Required of all PEGN students. Prerequisite: associations are discussed in context of plate tectonic theories, using GEGN101, PEGN308. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 3 semester hours. examples from across the globe. In class exercises and field projects in structural geometry, mapping and cross section construction and seismic GEOL321. MINERALOGY AND MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION. 3.0 reflection data interpretation. Course required of all PEGN and GPGN Semester Hrs. students. Prerequisite: GEGN101. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours. (I) Principles of mineralogy and mineral characterization. Crystallography of naturally occurring materials. Principles of crystal chemistry. Interrelationships among mineral structure, external shape, chemical composition, and physical properties. Introduction to mineral stability. Laboratories emphasize analytical methods, including X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy. Prerequisite:GEGN101, CHGN122 or CHGN125, GEGN206. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab: 3 semester hours. 2 GEOLOGY (GEOL) - (2021-2022 Catalog) GEOL398. SPECIAL TOPICS. 1-6 Semester Hr. GEOL444. INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY. 3.0 Semester Hrs. (I, II) Pilot course or special topics course. Topics chosen from special (II) Fossils are the basis for establishing global correlation among interests of instructor(s) and student(s). Usually the course is offered only Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks, and thus are critical to the reconstruction once. Prerequisite: none. Variable credit; 1 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable of the past 550 million years of Earth history. This is a lecture elective for credit under different titles. course that will aid in rounding out undergraduate Earth science/ GEOL399. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GEOLOGY. 1-6 Semester Hr. engineering geological knowledge. Fossil preservation, taphonomy, (I, II) Individual research or special problem projects supervised by a evolution, mass extinctions, biostratigraphy, graphic correlation, faculty member, also, when a student and instructor agree on a subject invertebrate phyla and their geologic history and evolution. Prerequisites: matter, content, and credit hours. Prerequisite: ?Independent Study? GEGN204, GEGN205, GEGN206. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours. form must be completed and submitted to the Registrar. Variable credit; 1 GEOL470. APPLICATIONS OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING. 3.0 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable for credit. Semester Hrs. GEOL399. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GEOLOGY. 1-6 Semester Hr. (II) Students are introduced to geoscience applications of satellite (I, II) Individual research or special problem projects supervised by a remote sensing. Introductory lectures provide background on satellites, faculty member, also, when a student and instructor agree on a subject sensors, methodology, and diverse applications. One or more areas of matter, content, and credit hours. Prerequisite: ?Independent Study? application are presented from a systems perspective. Guest lecturers form must be completed and submitted to the Registrar. Variable credit; 1 from academia, industry, and government agencies present case studies to 6 credit hours. Repeatable for credit. focusing on applications, which vary from semester to semester. Students do independent term projects, under the supervision of a faculty member GEOL399. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GEOLOGY. 1-6 Semester Hr. or guest lecturer, that are presented both written and orally at the end (I, II) Individual research or special problem projects supervised by a of the term. Prerequisites: PHGN200 and MATH225. 3 hours lecture; 3 faculty member, also, when a student and instructor agree on a subject semester hours. matter, content, and credit hours. Prerequisite: ?Independent Study? form must be completed and submitted to the Registrar. Variable credit; 1 GEOL498. SEMINAR IN GEOLOGY OR GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. to 6 credit hours. Repeatable for credit. 1-6 Semester Hr. (I, II) Pilot course or special topics course. Topics chosen from special GEOL399. INDEPENDENT STUDY IN GEOLOGY. 1-6 Semester Hr. interests of instructor(s) and student(s). Usually the course is offered only (I, II) Individual research or special problem projects supervised by a once. Prerequisite: none. Variable credit; 1 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable faculty member, also, when a student
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