GEOL 195 - Selected Topics

Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Selected topical coverage of various timely or general interest subject areas in geology. The topic selected varies from year to year and is announced in advance of the registration period. Topics have included impact and extinction of the dinosaurs; volcanoes and tectonics; geologic consideration in land-use planning; and the geology of national parks. May be repeated for a maximum of four credits with permission and if the topic is different.

Topic for Fall 2011:

GEOL 195: Computer Applications in Geology (1). Pass/Fail only; may be used toward major requirements. Prerequisites: Geology 100 or 101. A brief introduction to the computer tools most useful to geology students for courses and research. Covers spreadsheets, graphing, modeling, Web pages and modeling software. Connors.