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Anthropology & Earth Science
BA Degree in Anthropology {22-23}
BS Degree in Earth Science Education {22-23}
BA Degree in Environmental Geology {22-23}
BS Degree in Geosciences {22-23}
Minor in Anthropology {22-23}
Minor in Cultural Ecology {22-23}
Minor in Environmental Geography {22-23}
Minor in Environmental Geology {22-23}
Minor in Geosciences {22-23}
Certificate in Geographic Information Science {22-23}
Certificate in Water Quality Science {22-23}

BA Degree in Environmental Geology {22-23} - Petrology

Course Code

GEOS 303

Credits

Title

Petrology

Prerequisite

GEOS 115 GEOS 302

Course Outline

Description

This course examines how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks form, focusing specifically on the chemical and textural information that reveals information about Earth's past and present. Understanding of petrology is foundational to geology and this course is prerequisite for several upper level geology courses.