ESC 5 - Physical Geology

    Recent Professors
    Glen White
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    24 students
    Difficulty
    6.2Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    4
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ESC 5
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    The study of the earth, its materials, structures, and processes. Erosion and deposition by streams, wind, waves and glaciers; mountain building and volcanoes at subduction zones, and rifting of the earth's plates at mid-ocean ridges; tracing the energy from the sun and from the earth's interior as it drives all of the processes of change on earth; the study of life on earth, past and present; the search for valuable minerals and building materials from the earth.
    Usually Held
    Thu 8:00am–11:05am, Tue 8:00am–11:05am