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Majors and Courses of InstructionGeology318. Electron Microscopy: Theory and Practice (Tuhela-Reuning)An exploration of the physical nature of electron microscopy with emphasis on the scanningelectron microscope (SEM). Students investigate the influence of electron beam parameterson imaging and how to correct imaging problems to optimize analysis. Topics covered includesample selection, sputter coating, cryo preparation, and elemental analysis by energy dispersivespectrometry (EDS). Students gain extensive, hands-on experience using the SEM. Lecture andlaboratory. Additional lab time required outside of scheduled lab. Prerequisites: any two sciencecourses that count towards a science major or permission of instructor. Also listed as BOMI 318and ZOOL 318. F.320. Paleontology (1.25 units; Mann)(Alternate years. Offered 2012-2013)Paleontology studies life’s history and elucidates our understanding of the role of life throughtime. It offers a unique historical perspective of humankind in nature, provides tools for thediscovery and development of resources on which industry and agriculture depend, presents aframework for understanding the sensitivity of the global system to past perturbations, and helpsus identify possible consequences of recent ecosystem change. Although Paleontology (320)covers the systematics and taxonomy of the major fossil producing invertebrate phyla, the coursefocuses on the paleobiology of fossils. Such topics as preservation (taphonomy), growth (ontogeny,heterochrony, and functional morphology), evolution (phylogeny, evolutionary theory, evolutionarypatterns, and extinction), and fossil distribution (paleoecology and paleobiogeography) are theprimary concepts addressed. The class also contains seminars in which students read and discussthe primary literature. The laboratory portion of the course is dedicated to examining fossils andaddressing paleontologic questions. The laboratory includes several field trips so students have theopportunity to collect and work on the excellent fossilized material preserved in the sediments ofcentral and southern Ohio. Prerequisite: 112 or advanced standing in botany or zoology. F evennumberedyears.330. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (1.25 units; Mann)(Alternate years. Offered 2011-2012)Sedimentology and stratigraphy are branches of geology that deal with theidentification, description, interpretation, and the distribution (both temporal and spatialrelationships) of strata. The course begins by considering classic sedimentology (the formation ofsedimentary rocks) and then progresses to consider sedimentation in the context of depositionalenvironments. This is followed by examining sedimentation at a larger scale: sedimentation inbasins (tectonics, eustasy, and isostasy). The course also covers classic stratigraphy as well as themany other developments (sequence stratigraphy, quantitative biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy,and chemostratigraphy) in the field. The field-oriented laboratory spends at least half of thesessions in the field addressing geologic problems. In addition to working on the local geology,the class visits Central Pennsylvania during a four-day trip to examine the Paleozioic history of theAppalachian Basin. Prerequisite: 112 or permission of instructor. F odd-numbered years.340. Structural Geology (1.25 units; Fryer)(Alternate years. Offered 2012-2013)Geometry and mechanisms of deformation of the Earth’s crust. Classification and interpretationof fault and fold structures, theories of stress and strain, deformational fabrics, and methods of143