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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002GEOL 3027. GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OFTHE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Human activities that degrade the earth and thoseterrestrial phenomena actually or potentiallyharmful to man.GEOL 3045. PLANETARY GEOLOGY. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Introduction to earth and planetary sciencesthrough the study of the composition, structure,and dynamic processes of the earth and otherplanets.GEOL 3046. EARTH RESOURCES. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.A general introduction to the occurrence andexploitation of earth resources; metallic ores,non-metallic minerals, construction materials,energy, and water.GEOL 3047. INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGYLABORATORY. One credit hour. One threehourlaboratory per week. Corequisite: GEOL3025.Introduction to the use and interpretation oftopographic and geologic maps, and aerialphotographs; identification of common minerals,rocks, and fossils; interpretation of geologicstructures. Field trips required.GEOL 3055. MORPHOLOGICAL ANDOPTICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. Threecredit hours. Two hours of lecture and onethree-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite:GEOL 3025.Internal structure and morphologicalcharacteristics of the thirty two crystal classes.Optical crystallography.GEOL 3056. CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY ANDGEOCHEMISTRY OF MINERAL SYSTEMS.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andone three-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: GEOL 3055.Occurrence, geochemistry, and physicalproperties of rock-forming and economicminerals. Macroscopic and microscopicidentification of minerals.GEOL 3067. VOLCANOES. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.Volcanoes, their products, and their effects onthe environment and human beings.GEOL 3105. IMAGES OF PLANET EARTH.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.The use of images of our planet Earth for thestudy of earth systems science with emphasis onglobal change; the interactions among thelithosphere, asthenosphere, hydrosphere,cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere; the Earthas a planet within the solar system.GEOL 4001. TOPICS IN GEOLOGY. One tothree credit hours. One to three hours of lectureper week. Prerequisite: Senior standing inGeology.Special topics in geology based on review ofliterature, and on field and/or laboratoryexperiences.GEOL 4002. TOPICS IN GEOLOGY. One tothree credit hours. One to three hours of lectureper week. Prerequisite: Senior standing inGeology.Special topics in geology based on review ofliterature, and on field and/or laboratoryexperiences.GEOL 4005. ELEMENTARYPALEONTOLOGY. Three credit hours. Twohours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory perweek. Prerequisite: GEOL 3026.Principles of stratigraphical paleontology;invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossils;practical applications. Representative examplesof each group will be studied in the laboratory.GEOL 4006. ELEMENTARY STRUCTURALGEOLOGY. Three credit hours. Two hours oflecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: GEOL 3025.The study of major and minor rock structures.The general structure of the Earth, anddeformation of its crust. Practical interpretationof geological maps.141