Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B1 · CSU GE Area B3DescriptionThis course will provide an introduction to the origin, development, and evolution of the earth and its inhabitants. The course covers the 4.5 billion year history of life on earth, as interpreted from the geologic and fossil record. The course will emphasize the diversity of life through geological time, including the origin, evolution, and extinction of the major groups of animals and plants. Additionally, impacts of changing landscapes and geologic environments on the history of life will be assessed. Through the course, students will learn to critically think as geologists and paleontologists do in order to solve geologic, paleontologic, and evolutionary problems. Topics include the study of fossils and rocks, evolution, continents and ocean basins, geologic time, plate tectonics, climate change, and mass extinctions. Intended audience: This course is both a general science class, intended to satisfy general education requirements for non-majors as well as one of the requirements for geology majors.Usually HeldThu 8:00am–11:05am, Tue 8:00am–11:05am 