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Geology (GEOL) 1 Geology (GEOL) 1 GEOL 103H Honors: Historical Geology GEOLOGY (GEOL) Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors program or by invitation; GEOL 101. GEOL 100 Introduction to Geology Description: Physical and biological evolution of the earth. Lab work Notes: Credit toward the degree may be earned in only one of GEOL 100 includes examination of ancient geological terrains through maps and or GEOL 101 or GEOL 101H. 100 does not fulfill the prerequisite fossils. requirement for any course in geology. Credit Hours: 4 Description: Background in physical geology for non-majors. Topics Max credits per semester: 4 include rocks and minerals, surficial processes, plate tectonics, and Max credits per degree: 4 applied geology. Grading Option: Graded Credit Hours: 3 GEOL 105 Fossils and the History of Life Max credits per semester: 3 Description: Introduction to the history of life based on the fossil record, Max credits per degree: 3 evolutionary patterns, and processes. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 ACE: ACE 4 Science Max credits per semester: 3 GEOL 101 Dynamic Earth Max credits per degree: 3 Notes: Lab includes field trips. Credit toward the degree may be earned in Grading Option: Graded with Option only one of GEOL 100 or GEOL 101 or GEOL 101H. Offered: FALL/SPR Description: Minerals, rocks, and ores; the surface features and internal ACE: ACE 4 Science character of the earth and the forces that are constantly changing it. GEOL 106 Environmental Geology Examination of minerals and rocks and investigation of geological Description: Survey of geologic materials and processes with emphasis processes and their products. on those that influence modern societies' adjustment to our environment. Credit Hours: 4 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 4 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 4 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: AGRO 455, AGRO 855, NRES 455, NRES 855, SOIL 455; Prerequisite for: GEOL 372 GEOG 308, GEOL 308, NRES 308; GEOL 103; GEOL 103H; GEOL 200; GEOL 260; GEOL 372; METR 270 GEOL 107 Frontiers of Earth Science ACE: ACE 4 Science Description: Series of three five-week sessions, each dealing with a geologic topic of current interest and concern. Topics vary from term to GEOL 101H Honors: Physical Geology term and are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by Credit Hours: 1-6 invitation; GEOL major. Min credits per semester: 1 Notes: Credit toward the degree may be earned in only one of: GEOL 100 Max credits per semester: 6 or 101 or 101H.One afternoon field trip and one overnight field trip Max credits per degree: 6 required. Grading Option: Graded with Option Description: Processes that formed the earth and continue to alter it today, from interior forces driving plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, GEOL 109 Oceanography and mountain building, to surface processes driving the atmosphere, Description: Introduction to physical oceanography, the geologic aspects oceans, rivers, glaciers, and landscape formation. Natural resources and of biologic oceanography, and human impact on the oceans. their origin. Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 4 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 4 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded ACE: ACE 4 Science Prerequisite for: GEOG 308, GEOL 308, NRES 308; GEOL 103; GEOL 103H; GEOL 110 Deadly Planet GEOL 200; GEOL 260; METR 270 Description: Major geological natural hazards that affect human society GEOL 103 Evolution of the Earth and the geological processes that are responsible for them, such as Prerequisites: GEOL 101 earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, floods, and meteorite Description: Physical and biological evolution of the earth. Lab work impacts. includes examination of ancient geological terrains through maps and Credit Hours: 3 fossils. Max credits per semester: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 4 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 4 ACE: ACE 4 Science Grading Option: Graded with Option ACE: ACE 4 Science 2 Geology (GEOL) GEOL 115 The Earth's Energy Resources GEOL 200 Mineralogy Description: The geological controls on the occurrence and distribution of Prerequisites: GEOL 101; MATH 102, 103, or a qualifying MPE score for important and potentially important energy resources. The environment 106; CHEM 109 or CHEM 109A and 109L. and economic implications of energy resources exploration, development, Description: Crystallography and mineral optics, mineral classes, crystal and production. chemistry, and mineral identification methods. Includes microscope Credit Hours: 3 techniques and field methods. Max credits per semester: 3 Credit Hours: 2 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 2 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 2 GEOL 117 Life in the Universe Grading Option: Graded with Option Crosslisted with: ASTR 117, BIOS 117 Prerequisite for: GEOL 201 Description: Survey of what modern science tells us about the GEOL 201 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe. Topics include how the Prerequisites: GEOL 200 Earth formed and became suitable for life, how life arose on the Earth, Description: Introduction to the petrology of common igneous and the conditions under which life can thrive, places in the solar system metamorphic rocks and their identification, occurrence, and formation. that might support life, the existence of other solar systems that might Includes microscope techniques, analytical methods, and phase provide suitable habitats, and attempts to find evidence of life on other diagrams. planets. Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 2 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 2 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: GEOL 300; GEOL 400; GEOL 410 ACE: ACE 4 Science GEOL 260 Geology of the Western USA GEOL 120 Geology of National Parks and Monuments Prerequisites: GEOL 101 Description: Physical and historical geology of selected United States Description: Learn to identify rock types and sedimentary and structural parklands. Geological and geophysical processes that produced the features in the field in the Western United States. Build crucial field skills unique features of the parks. Interpretation of fossils, archaeology and including the ability to tell a geologic story from a landscape or outcrop. geologic history. Environmental park policy issues involving geosciences. Credit Hours: 1 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 1 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 1 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded Grading Option: Graded with Option Offered: SPRING GEOL 125 Frontiers in Antarctic Geosciences GEOL 291 Special Topics in Geology Description: Scientific exploration of the modern environment and Description: Topics vary. geological and climate history of the Antarctic continent and Southern Credit Hours: 1-6 Ocean. Min credits per semester: 1 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 6 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 6 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option GEOL 296 Independent Study in Geology ACE: ACE 9 Global/Diversity ACE 4 Science Prerequisites: Permission. GEOL 130 The Solar System Description: Independent study under direction of a faculty member. Description: Geological survey of the Earth's solar system and evolution Credit Hours: 1-3 of planetary systems. Min credits per semester: 1 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option GEOL 300 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy GEOL 197 Geoscience Fundamentals in the Field Prerequisites: GEOL 201 Notes: GEOL 197 requires a field trip Description: Sedimentary rocks and processes, their descriptive Description: Scientific principles and practices illustrated through parameters, occurrence, origin, and significance in earth history. Stratified geological field work in Nebraska and Wyoming. rocks in time and space, and methods of correlating geologic units from Credit Hours: 1-4 different localities. Min credits per semester: 1 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 4 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 4 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Grading Option: Graded with Option Offered: FALL Prerequisite for: GEOL 301; GEOL 400 Geology (GEOL) 3 GEOL 301 Depositional Environments GEOL 400 Structural Geology Prerequisites: GEOL 300 Prerequisites: GEOL 201; GEOL 300 or parallel; PHYS 141 or 211. Description: Sedimentological facies analysis and recognition of clastic, Description: Folding and faulting of rocks, types of texture and rock carbonate, and evaporite depositional systems in the rock record. structure, cleavage, joints, dikes, and unconformaties; structural Credit Hours: 3 interpretation of geologic maps; plate tectonics, mountain belts, and Max credits per semester: 3 regional structures. Max credits per degree: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per semester: 3 Offered: SPRING Max credits per degree: 3 Prerequisite for: GEOL 460 Grading Option: Graded with Option GEOL 308 Biogeography Offered: FALL Crosslisted
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