Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits4PrerequisiteAdvisories: GEOL 210 or GEOL 220 and Elementary algebra or eligibility for college-level math using the current college process. Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1DescriptionJourneys through the dynamic 4.6 billion-year history of Earth from Earth's formation, to the formation of the atmosphere, through simple and complex life, the paleogeography of continents and oceans, orogenies, and global climate change as supported by evidence in the geologic record (rocks, rock deformation, rock features, and fossils). Includes a laboratory component with an emphasis on developing an understanding and application of rock and mineral formation and identification, fossils and modes of fossilization, the process of geologic dating with a focus on stratigraphic principles, and the generation and interpretation of a variety of geologic maps. Field trips to local areas of geologic interest may be required. 