GEOL 116
The Planets

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Physical Sciences course.

Introduces non-science majors to important processes and their consequences on a planet-wide scale. Discusses system to tectonic, volcanic, chemical, and atmospheric cycles evolving through the past 4.5 billion years of the planets and satellites; the interrelationship between deep-seated and surficial processes; processes common to terrestrial planets and unique to the Earth. Credit is not given for both GEOL 116 and ASTR 121.