GEOL 2110Fall (odd years), lecture3
and discussion, 3 credits.
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
Keystone College · Courses
GEOL
9 courses with the subject GEOL, 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.
GEOL 2111Spring, lecture and3
discussion, 3 hours laboratory, 4 credits.
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
GEOL 2115Earth Systems History: Introduces3
the geological history of biodiversity and the influence of changing Earth systems on the evolution of the biosphere. Topics include planetary formation, origin of life, atmospheric evolution, plate tectonics, and macro- evolutionary history. Spring (not offered every year), 3 hours lecture and discussion,
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
GEOL 3110Petroleum Geology: Introduces the3
processes that lead to the generation and accumulation of petroleum and natural gas, along with the basic techniques of gas and petroleum exploration.
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
- Prerequisite
- GEOL 2110. Fall or Spring (not offered every year), 3 hours lecture and discussion,
GEOL 3115Structural Geology: Studies how
rocks are deformed through tectonic processes. Focuses on the variety of landforms that are created by the constant motion of Earth’s plates. Utilizes satellite imagery, computer visualizations, and data collected on weekly fieldtrips to understand the origins of mountain ranges, continental rifts, and a variety of other geologic
- Subject
- GEOL
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
GEOL 3120Mineralogy: Examines minerals4
their structure, properties, and origins. Introduces students to a wide variety of rock- forming minerals primarily through the use of a petrographic microscope. Processes studied include growth rates, metamorphism, as well as a variety of alteration and weathering. offered every year), 3 hours lecture and discussion, 3 hours laboratory,
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
- Corequisite
- GEOL 3121. Fall or Spring (not
GEOL 4110Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology: Introduces the processes that produce the chemical and mineralogical diversity of igneous and metamorphic rocks and develops rock description and classification skills. Prerequisite: GEOL 3120. Corequisite:
- Subject
- GEOL
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
GEOL 4111Fall or Spring (not offered every4
year), 3 hours lecture and discussion, 3 hours laboratory,
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
GEOL 4115Sedimentology and Stratigraphy4
Scientific study of sedimentary rocks and sediments including description, classification, physical/chemical processes, interpretation of origin, and their arrangement as strata. 4116. Fall or Spring (not offered every year), 3 hours lecture and discussion, 3 hours laboratory,
- Subject
- GEOL
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.keystone.edu
- Prerequisite
- GEOL 2110. Corequisite: GEOL
Source: Keystone College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59