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GEOL 1401 Earth Science (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
This course is for the non-science major. It covers the interaction of the earth sciences and the physical world. Geology, astronomy, meteorology, and space science are included. Selected principles and concepts of the applied sciences are explored. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015103
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GEOL 1402 Earth Science II (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: GEOL 1401 or GEOL 1403.
This course is for the non-science major and covers the interaction of the earth sciences and the physical world. Selected topics and concepts include geology, astronomy, meteorology, oceanography and related sciences. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015103
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GEOL 1403 Physical Geology (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
This course is for science and non-science majors. It is a study of earth materials and processes. Included is an introduction to geochemistry, geophysics, the earth's interior, and magnetism. The earth's setting in space, minerals, rocks, structures, and geologic processes are also included. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015403
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GEOL 1404 Historical Geology (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
This course is for science and non-science majors. It is a study of earth materials and processes within a developmental time perspective. Fossils, geologic maps, and field studies are used to interpret geologic history. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015403
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GEOL 1405 Environmental Geology (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
The earth as a habitat: a study of the interrelationships between humans and the physical environment. Topics covered include: minerals and rocks as resources, landscape development and its effect on humans, groundwater resources, the earth's internal processes and their relation to natural disasters, soils and weathering, the atmosphere and oceans, the earth's energy system, geologic factors in urban and regional land use planning, and related current issues in environmental geosciences. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 0301035301
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GEOL 1445 Oceanography (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
This course covers the study of the physical and biological characteristics of the ocean. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015103
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GEOL 1447 Meteorology (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.
This course will cover weather phenomena and the modern methods of study and presentation of this information. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015103
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GEOL 2407 Geologic Field Methods (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Geology 1403 and 1404.
This course covers basic geologic and topographic mapping, observation of geologic structures, and examination of petrologic systems in an actual field setting. Students will spend a major portion of the course collecting data for and constructing topographic and geologic maps and geologic cross sections and columns. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015503
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GEOL 2409 Introduction to Rocks and Mineral Identification (4)
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: Geology 1403 and 1404.
This course introduces crystallography, geochemistry, descriptive mineralogy, petrology, and phase equilibria. Crystal models and hand specimens are studied as an aid to rock and mineral identification. (3 Lec., 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4006015203
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Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.
