Earth's origin, composition, structure, and natural resources. Global and local examples of plate tectonics as the driving force for volcanism, mountain building, and earthquakes. Imaging Earth's interior and exploring its dynamic interaction with the surface. Environmental geoscience and sustainability. [Credit cannot be obtained for both EOSC 110 and GEOG 101,103]
As a citizen of Planet Earth, you make environmental, political, and socio-economic decisions about your life for which knowledge of the solid earth is relevant. By the end of this course, you should be able to:
1. Describe the dynamic processes that form Earth’s materials, produce its internal structure, and shape its surface features.
2. Appreciate the influence of geologic time on the processes that shape our planet.
3. Apply your knowledge of geoscience to environmental, socio-economic, and political concerns.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
See also learning goals for non-specialist courses.
Physical Geology, Earle (free online text through BC Campus OpenEd system Available in a variety of formats at https://goo.gl/K4x1SD )
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.