GEOL 1010 - Exploring Earth
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Introductory geology for majors and non-majors. Studies Earth, its materials, its characteristics, its dynamic processes, and how it relates to people. Separate lab (ERTH 1030) is recommended. Formerly GEOL 1010. Degree credit not granted for this class and ERTH 1012.
GEOL 1012 - Exploring Earth for Scientists
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2025
Studies Earth, its materials, its characteristics, its dynamic processes, and how it relates to people. This course is an introductory geology course suitable for geology and other STEM majors. Like ERTH 1010, but taught at a higher intellectual level with a greater amount of quantitative analysis. Separate lab (ERTH 1030) is recommended. Formerly GEOL 1012. Degree credit not granted for this course and ERTH 1012.
GEOL 1020 - Dodos, Dinos, and Deinococcus: The History of a Habitable Planet
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Spring 2018
Examines how the solid, fluid, and living Earth interact, how changes in the oceans, atmosphere and life reflect that interaction over the immensity of geologic time, and how the rock record is analyzed to reconstruct the co-evolution of Earth and life. Formerly GEOL 1020.
GEOL 1040 - Geology of Colorado
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Spring 2025
Reviews the geologic evolution and history of Colorado. It first develops the basic concepts needed to interpret the geology and then systematically shows how the state evolved through geologic time. Designed for those who enjoy understanding the beauty and splendor of the state. Formerly GEOL 1040.
GEOL 1150 - Water, Energy and Environment: An Introduction to Earth Resources
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
Explores how geological processes and human populations together affect the quantitfy, quality and availability of Earth resources. Includes examination of the water cycle and how humans use and modify water; fossil-fuel and mineral resources, and renewable energy options. Sustainable versus non-sustainable use and population growth is considered. Formerly GEOL 1150.
GEOL 2001 - Planet Earth
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Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Summer 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Explores the dynamics of planet Earth with particular emphasis on the factors that make the planet habitable. Includes examination of heat balance, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry and climate history through both lecture and lab-based activities. Required for the Earth Science major, introduces students to the major concepts in contemporary Earth system science. Formerly GEOL 2001.
GEOL 3040 - Global Change: The Recent Geological Record
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Fall 2025
Geological records in lakes, oceans, deserts, and around glaciers indicate the significant changes in the global systems that have taken place over the last few hundred or thousand years. Explores the timing and nature of these changes. Department enforced prerequisites: any two-course sequence of natural science core courses. Formerly GEOL 3040.
GEOL 3720 - Evolution of Life: The Geological Record
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Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2026
Discusses the evolution of life on Earth, beginning with the earliest origins and surveying the major steps that led to the rise of higher plants and animals. Covers modern ideas on the causes of periodic mass extinctions in both the marine and terrestrial realms. Emphasizes geologic evidence for the pathways of evolution, using examples from the ordinary to the bizarre. Formerly GEOL 3720.
GEOL 4001 - Earth Science Majors Research Seminar
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Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
GEOL 4700 - Special Earth Science Topics
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020
Studies in selected Earth Science subjects of special current interest (for undergraduates). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours within a term. Formerly GEOL 4700.
