has a lecture (GLG 101) and an optional lab (GLG 103) available. This standard university survey course covers most of the field of geology with topics including (but not limited to) mineralogy, rocks, erosion, weathering, streams, glaciers, earthquakes and earth movements, oceans, plate tectonics, the earth's interior, and more.
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/24/94
Introduction to Geology I - Physical Lecture - GLG101
LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
A study of the kind and arrangement of materials composing the earth's crust
and the geological processes at work on and within the earth's surface.
Prerequisites: None.
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/24/94
Introduction to Geology I - Physical Lab - GLG103
LAB 1 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
May accompany GLG101. Study of common rock-forming minerals, rocks, and maps.
Prerequisites: None.
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