44 courses with the subject GLY, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GLY 101Earth Revealed3
An introduction to Geology covering fundamental topics including plate tectonics, geologic time, and Earth materials with emphasis on how geology affects the natural environment, controls distribution of natural resources, and poses risks to humans. Contemporary issues covered include natural resource use (water, energy), geohazards, coastal processes, and climate change.
Introduction to the relationships between man and his geologic environment. Concerned with the problems that people have in using the earth and the reaction of the earth to that use. Emphasis is placed on earth processes, earth resources, and properties of rocks and surficial deposits insofar as they are important to or affect human activities. The lab for this course is GLYL 120 .
Examination of the causes, effects, and options available to mitigate actual disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, flooding, severe weather, and meteorite impacts. Case histories are used to demonstrate scientific principles and socioeconomic issues.
Geologic history of the earth and the fossil record. Methods of dating rocks and fossils, interpreting ancient environments and the age of the earth. Field trips.
Introduction to the field of paleontology and the fossil record; the succession of life from its earliest beginnings through the Age of Dinosaurs to modern Man; evolutionary, environmental and ecological analyses of fossil plants and animals based on biologic and geologic principles.
Introduction to the formation, chemistry, symmetry, structure and natural occurrence of minerals. Principles of physical properties, crystal chemistry, crystallography, and mineral genesis. Study of the geologically important rock-forming mineral groups and associations. Introduction to optical mineralogy and the use of the petrographic microscope. Computer applications in geology. Required field trip(s).
CHM 101 and CHML 101 . Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated.
GLY 205Earth Materials3
Introduction to the solid materials that form the Earth and the geological techniques and methods that are used to identify and describe these materials.
Field intensive introduction to data collection methods and analytic procedures associated with monitoring, assessment and management of environmental problems. Required field trips.
Survey of the major igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock groups. Emphasis is on classification, textural features, mode of occurrence, environments of origin and economic importance. Laboratory stresses rock identification and typical rock associations. Required field trips.
Theories of genesis of the major igneous and metamorphic rocks in the light of chemistry, mineralogy, structure and texture, field associations, and experimental data. Relationship between igneous and metamorphic processes and crust-mantle tectonic activity. Required field trips. Two lecture and two laboratory hours each week.
A systematic treatment of the surface processes that shape fluvial, glacial, aeolian, and coastal landforms. Themes include process mechanics, description and classification of landforms, and evolution of landform systems. Students work individually or in a small groups to analyze geomorphological data in field and laboratory settings.
History of fossil protistans and invertebrates with emphasis on the principles of paleontology, systematics and evolution, and on the use of fossils in stratigraphic correlation. Required field trips. Two lecture and two laboratory hours each week.
Applied study of geological materials and processes in field settings. Introduction to methods and techniques used in the geosciences including field measurement, sample retrieval and data analysis. Colloquium and required field trips.
GGY 365 or GLY 365 or OCN 365 Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated.
GLY 402Advanced Mineralogy4
Advanced techniques for mineral analysis and identification. Introduction to the theory and application of x-ray diffraction and fluorescence, the electron microprobe, spectroscopy, and reflected light microscopy.
Classification and description of siliciclastic, carbonate, chemical, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks. Survey of sedimentary depositional environments. Aspects of weathering, erosion, transportation, deposition, burial, and lithification. Laboratory exercises concentrate on microscopic and chemical analytical techniques. Field trips; fees may be required.
Analysis of natural and anthropogenic global climate change with an emphasis on future global climate change. Topics include Earth’s energy balance, the global carbon cycle, climate modeling, atmospheric composition, and dynamics. Review of geographical variation in climate change.
Geology of groundwater and related aspects of surface waters. Methods of ground water resource evaluation, protection, exploitation, and contaminant remediation.
Introduction to the observation, description, and interpretation of sediment and sedimentary rock; the physical and chemical processes controlling weathering, sediment transport, deposition, and diagenesis; and the interpretation of depositional environments and layered rock successions. Field trips; fees may be required. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week.
Climatic change throughout geologic time, with an emphasis on Quatenary climate change. Topics include an overview of Earth’s climate system, tectonic-scale, orbital-scale, millennial-scale, and future climate change.
A survey of the rocks, structures, natural resources, fossils, and tectonic histories of different regions of North America, such as the Precambrian Shield, Appalachians, and Cordillera.
Introduction to the mechanics, fabrics, and geometry of rock deformation, including stress-strain relationships, folds and folding, and faulting and fracturing of rocks. Required field trip.
Explores ideas on plate tectonic theory including assessment of data that lead to its acceptance. Examines a broad range of tectonic principles and dynamics using modern and ancient examples, and considers controls on geological and geophysical processes from Earth’s core to crust. Includes geometry of present and past plate boundaries and motions, development of plates including sea-floor spreading, subduction, and orogeny, evolution of continents and ocean basins, and tectonic driving mechanisms.
Evaluation of factors controlling sedimentary basin formation and evolution. Interpretation of subsidence mechanisms and evaluation of sedimentary processes through basin-scale analysis of the stratigraphic record. Aspects of sequence stratigraphy, sediment provenance, and the tectonics of sedimentary basins. Field trips; fees may be required.
Provides an in-depth analysis of the coastal landforms that line the world’s coasts. Understanding how these land forms are created, evolve and erode is necessary to understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of the coastal zone.
The description, organization, classification, and interpretation of layered rock successions. Aspects of both surface and subsurface analysis of stratigraphic data. The use of stratigraphic principles in elucidating earth history. Cyclic and sequence stratigraphy. Field trips; fees may be required.
Integrated application of geophysical methods to solve environmental and geologic problems. Includes discussion of reflection/refraction seismology, ground penetrating radar and gravity. Two lectures and three laboratory hours each week.
Intensive geological field mapping in various geological settings. Capstone emphasis on prior geological knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Interpretation of field data and solving field-based problems in small groups under direct faculty supervision. Includes preparation of geological maps and cross sections using digital topographic map, detailed lithologic descriptions outcrop questions and local geologic history. Course fees apply. Students must register for lecture and laboratory.
A companion course to GLY 470 providing experience in advanced techniques of geologic map reading and interpretation, data and location acquisition, mineral and rock description, sketching and sampling, structural mapping, and map and cross section design and format. Field trip required. Individual and group activities required. Course fees required.
GLY 390 and GLY 431 . Additional Restrictions/Requirements:
GLY 472Introduction to Geochemistry3
Investigation of the abundance and distribution of chemical elements in the Earth’s crust, mantle, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Introduction to thermodynamics, phase and mineral equilibrium, stable and radiogenic isotopes, and geochronology. Emphasizes the application of geochemical processes to solving geologic and environment problems, with selected examples from field and laboratory studies.
Introduction to the use of radio and stable isotopes for studying environmental processes; radioactive decay and the applications of radioisotopes at daily to earth history time scales; isotopic fractionation, and applications of stable isotopes in modern and paleoenvironments.
Study of selected topics in geology that are not considered in detail in regular course offerings. Examples of specific topics are plate tectonics, seismology, depositional systems, groundwater hydrology, geochronology, and advanced paleontology. Taught on demand. More than one topic may be taken for credit.
Examines current problems based on Earth-systems approach utilizing a combination of field, laboratory, and literature study. Emphasizes application of prior geological knowledge and problem solving skills in the context of individual or small group student research projects under direct faculty supervision. Requires written reports and oral presentations of results in approved professional format.
Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Enrichment Courses and Programs section in this catalogue.
Geologic field methods and investigations in international settings. Focused study on tectonic environments and natural resource and hazard issues. Includes lectures and readings, faculty-led trips, and applied learning projects.
Supervised practical experience with a professional organization that provides services or research within the Earth and Ocean Sciences. Area of concentration, requirements, and means of evaluation to be defined in consultation with faculty.
