Course learning goals
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe the dynamic processes that form Earth’s materials, produce its internal structure, and shape its surface features
- Appreciate the influence of geologic time on the processes that shape our planet
- Apply their understanding of dynamical complexity and the geosciences to matters that intersect global citizenship, sustainability and personal sustainability
See also learning goals for non-specialist courses.
Instructors
Section 101 - W1 2020 Simon Peacock and Lucy Porritt
Textbook
Physical Geology, Earle (free online text through BC Campus OpenEd system Available in a variety of formats at https://goo.gl/K4x1SD )
Labs
If you are also taking EOSC 111 (1 credit), which is an optional but recommended course, there will then be 3 lab hours per week.
Lab exercises include the following topics (may vary slightly): Earthquakes, Minerals & Diamond Exploration, Volcanic Hazards, Waves, Estuaries, Fossils, Plankton, Sediments & Sedimentary Rocks, Groundwater Contamination, and Dinosaurs.