GEOL 101 – Environmental Geology and Environmental Geology Lab (4) - Taught Fall and Spring semesters
A study of geology and the human environment. Topics begin with the basics of geology: minerals and rocks, the earth’s internal structure, earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics. Surface processes affecting the environment include stream behavior and flooding, groundwater, and air pollution. The course examines laws governing the extraction and use of water, as well as energy sources and environmental concerns. Laboratory includes field trips in the Potsdam area and the use of geological and topographic maps. Lab required. Gen Ed: SP credit.
GEOL 410 – Hydrogeology (3) (Spring semesters)
An introduction to the components of the hydrologic cycle with an emphasis on the movement of water through geologic media. Field-monitoring methods and analysis of Hydrogeologic data through graphical and mathematical techniques. Applications to issues of water quality, water supply, and water resources management. Prerequisites: GEOL 101, 103, or 125 and CHEM 105 or MATH 110 or MATH 125 or Math 141 or MATH 151. Lab required.
GEOL 350 – Geomorphology (4) (Fall semesters)
This course focuses on the origin and development of landforms created by fluvial, glacial and colluvial processes. In addition, we explore the relationships of landforms to underlying geologic structures and the history of geologic and climatic changes that are recorded by surface features. Landscapes and surface processes are analyzed using air photos and topographic maps, as well as field mapping techniques and geographic information systems.
Geomorphology is by nature an interdisciplinary science because the land surface is located at the interface of the earth’s lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. As a result, this course aims to expand your knowledge of chemical and biological processes as well as geological processes that shape the earth’s surface. Specifically, the purpose of the course is to study continental landforms and the fluvial, glacial and colluvial processes that form them. In addition, through both descriptive and quantitative analysis, the course will provide an understanding of the scales and rates at which the diversity of surface processes occur. This approach utilizes landscapes that are currently exposed to surface processes to reveal the geologic and climatic changes that have occurred as part of earth history. Prerequisites: GEOL 101, 103 or 125 and sophomore standing. Lab required.
A study of geology and the human environment. Topics begin with the basics of geology: minerals and rocks, the earth’s internal structure, earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics. Surface processes affecting the environment include stream behavior and flooding, groundwater, and air pollution. The course examines laws governing the extraction and use of water, as well as energy sources and environmental concerns. Laboratory includes field trips in the Potsdam area and the use of geological and topographic maps. Lab required. Gen Ed: SP credit.
GEOL 410 – Hydrogeology (3) (Spring semesters)
An introduction to the components of the hydrologic cycle with an emphasis on the movement of water through geologic media. Field-monitoring methods and analysis of Hydrogeologic data through graphical and mathematical techniques. Applications to issues of water quality, water supply, and water resources management. Prerequisites: GEOL 101, 103, or 125 and CHEM 105 or MATH 110 or MATH 125 or Math 141 or MATH 151. Lab required.
GEOL 350 – Geomorphology (4) (Fall semesters)
This course focuses on the origin and development of landforms created by fluvial, glacial and colluvial processes. In addition, we explore the relationships of landforms to underlying geologic structures and the history of geologic and climatic changes that are recorded by surface features. Landscapes and surface processes are analyzed using air photos and topographic maps, as well as field mapping techniques and geographic information systems.
Geomorphology is by nature an interdisciplinary science because the land surface is located at the interface of the earth’s lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. As a result, this course aims to expand your knowledge of chemical and biological processes as well as geological processes that shape the earth’s surface. Specifically, the purpose of the course is to study continental landforms and the fluvial, glacial and colluvial processes that form them. In addition, through both descriptive and quantitative analysis, the course will provide an understanding of the scales and rates at which the diversity of surface processes occur. This approach utilizes landscapes that are currently exposed to surface processes to reveal the geologic and climatic changes that have occurred as part of earth history. Prerequisites: GEOL 101, 103 or 125 and sophomore standing. Lab required.