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Right now, I teach these classes:
GEOL 120: Exploring Earth: Physical Geology -- This is a 3 credit non-major course that satisfies the AUCC 3A requirement. Here's how I describe it in the syllabus.
GEOL 580 (number may change): Global Seismology -- This is a 3 credit
class, for both majors and nonmajors (last year we had undergraduates
in geology, engineering, and physics, as well as geology
graduates). Syllabus and Lecture 1.
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To my fellow teaching colleagues: I am glad to share any of my teaching materials with you, just ask!
GEOL 120: Exploring Earth: Physical Geology -- This is a 3 credit non-major course that satisfies the AUCC 3A requirement. Here's how I describe it in the syllabus.
- We'll learn about the last 4.6 billion
years; why the mountains
are there; what
causes volcanoes, earthquakes, and glaciers; where oil and gas come from; death and destruction from geologic hazards; and some ways in which humans are altering the world. We hope you'll have fun, take away a new appreciation for the world around you; and become a more-informed global citizen. At the end of the semester you should be able to: 1) Observe different landscapes and interpret rock type, geologic history and tectonic setting; 2) Interpret tectonic settings based on information on plate boundary, seismicity, and volcanic activity; 3) Be able to draw connections between geology and human actions
GEOL 122 develops scientific
understanding through introduction to geological
processes, natural hazards, earth resources, and their impacts on
society.
GEOL 250: The Solid Earth -- This is a new 3 credit hour course for
sophomore Geology majors. Here's the syllabus.The course will cover the primary
observations and processes that serve as a basis for and test of
plate tectonic theory; and the structure, flow, and composition of
the deep Earth. This material will be presented in the context of
seismology, heatflow, gravity, geochronology, and geomagnetism.
This course is a quantitative introduction to seismology and students from all majors that meet the prerequisites are welcome. We will study fundamentals of wave propagation within the Earth; earthquakes and focal mechanisms; seismic methods; and how seismology is used to infer the structure of the Earth. Familiarity with current topics will be emphasized.
To my fellow teaching colleagues: I am glad to share any of my teaching materials with you, just ask!