12/26/2024 10:46:37 AM	GEOL 5 Course Outline as of Summer 2008	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  GEOL 5	Title:  GEN HISTORICAL L&L
Full Title:  General Geology: Historical
Last Reviewed:12/20/1991

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Evolution of North America as realized through the theory of plate tectonics and sea floor spreading.  Explanation of development of mountain systems, ocean basins and climatic changes throughout geologic history are viewed in the light of this theory.  Geologic significance of national parks and monuments; development of earth's animal and plant inhabitants; interpretation of topographic and geologic maps and study of representative rocks, minerals and fossils.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
GEOL 1, GEOL 1L or PHYSC 1; eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

History of the earth, the changing patterns of land & sea, & the evolution of its plants & animals, rocks & fossils.  

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:GEOL 1, GEOL 1L or PHYSC 1; eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	B1	Physical Science		Spring 1983	Summer 2008
	B3	Laboratory Activity
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	5A	Physical Sciences		Fall 1981	Summer 2008
	5C	Fulfills Lab Requirement
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Provides the student with the theoretical, descriptive, and

methodilogical experiences required to successfully understand general

historical geology and its related concepts.  Students participating

in this course will have the opportunity to analyze the natural

processes that governed and shaped the earth through geologic time and

be able to answer questions specifically related to the major geologic

time and be able to answer questions specifically related to the

major geologic concepts.  Students completing this course should be

able to domprehend and demonstrate some knowledgeability of historical

geology through lecture discussions, reading assignments, written

assignments, and examination.  

Topics and Scope

Course content will include but not be limited to the following areas

stated on the course outline.

Geologic time:  The nature of the records of the rocks; time units and

measurement of geologic time; rates of weathering, erosion, deposition,

uranium, and carbon 14.

The rock record:  Rock units; time-stratigraphic units; correlation.

Reconstructing the past:  Uniformitarianism; finding ancient lands.

Environments of deposition:  Marine, transitional and continental.

Concepts of plate tectonics:  Plates and plate boundaries; trenches

and subduction; mantle hot spots, and rows of volcanic islands.

Current topics of plate tectonics in relation to crustal deformation

and mountains.  The break-up of Pangaea.

Unraveling the history of the Precambrian:  Origin of the continents;

the Precambrian shields, the Superior Province; Churchill Province;

Central Province; the Grenville Province; Beartooth Mountains; the

Beltian System; Precambrian of the Grand Canyon; Lake Superior region.

The origin of life:  First indications of life on earth; fossils;

learning to recognize fossils.

Early Paleozoic:  A study of the interpretation of epiric seas; further

studies of tectonics and paleogeography.

Middle Paleozoic:  Time of reefs, forests, and salt deposits.

Late Paleozoic:  A tectonic climax and retreat of the seas.  The

forming of Pangaea; the Appalachian Orogeny; minor mountain building

in the western United States.

Mesozoic Era:  Age of reptiles and continental break-up; the beginning

of mountain building in western United States; the Nevadan Orogent and

the Laramide Orogeny.

Cenozoic History:  Threshold of the present:  The final uplifting of

the western mountains.

The Pleistocene Epoch:  Unraveling the physical and glacial history;

the coming of man.  

Assignments:

Evaluation of student performance will be determined through

examination (written and/or objective) and through at least one of the

following written assignments:  Comprehensive research paper,

analytic essay, report and book reviews, extra credit reports, or field

assessment.  Students will be required to master textbook and research

material independently outside of class.  

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 25 - 50%
Reading reports, Lab reports, Essay exams, Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
Lab reports, Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 25 - 50%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Dott:  EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

Peterson:  EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA

Stern:  GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA

Brice:  LABORATORY STUDIES IN EARTH HISTORY  

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