Geology (GEOL)

General Course Information

Course Classification

Courses numbered 1-49 — are baccalaureate level (transfer) courses. Courses thus numbered are transferable to four- year institutions. Agriculture courses are designed to parallel the work taught in similar courses at California Polytechnic State University or at California State University, Fresno but may not carry the same number.

Courses numbered 50-99 — are associate degree level courses. Courses thus numbered are primarily for the student who does not plan to continue his/her education beyond the community college level; however, occupational education courses may transfer according to articulation agreements. Complete information on articulation is available through the Counseling Center.

Courses Numbered 100-201 — are non-transfer and are non-degree applicable; they are skill building or remedial.

Abbreviations for Degree, Non-Degree, and Transfer Courses

The following abbreviations designate degree applicable, transfer, and non-degree applicable courses:
(AA) Associate Degree
(CSU) Transferable to California State University System
(UC) Transferable to University of California System
(NDA) Non-Degree Applicable

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GEOL-001
Physical Geology
Credit(s) 4

GEOL 001 is an introduction to the physical and chemical forces active on the earth, including a survey of minerals, rocks, volcanism, geomorphology, and structural geology. Also covered are the agents of weathering, erosion, earthquakes, the earth's interior, glaciation, oceans, rock mobility, metamorphism, sedimentation and the formation of economic mineral deposits.

Class Hours:: 54 Lecture | 54 Laboratory
Transfers to:: UC/CSU
C-ID:: GEOL 100

GEOL-003
Historical Geology
Credit(s) 4

GEOL 003 is the study of the origin and history of the earth, the formation of the continents and oceans and the changes they have experienced, the history and distribution of rock formations and mountains, fossils as aids to the dating of rocks, geological time, and the development of living things.

Class Hours:: 54 Lecture | 54 Laboratory
Advisory(s):: GEOL 001 or PHYSCI 001
P/NP
Transfers to:: UC/CSU
C-ID:: GEOL 111