GEOL 397 - Seminar

Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105. Open to GEOL majors only. The title, term of meeting, and credits for seminars will be announced to all geology majors. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Winter 2017, GEOL 397A-01: Paleontogy Seminar (3). Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101, or 105. A seminar-style course reviewing the major questions in the field of paleontology today based on readings of the primary literature. Topics include: macroevolution, taphonomy, mass extinctions, the origin of life, and conservation paleobiology. In addition, students will become familiar with the fossil groups used to address these questions. Leonard-Pingel.