GEOLOGY 001 - PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

    Recent Professors
    Nathaniel Lorentz, Hossein Alimi, LACC STAFF
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, 2272
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.2Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of GEOLOGY 001
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    Students learn the scientific method and significant historical developments in geological sciences; formation of Earth materials, including minerals, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks; geological time, including relative dating, absolute dating, and fossil correlation; Earth's internal processes, including plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanism and magmatism, mountain building, geological structures, and metamorphism; Earth's external processes, including weathering, erosion, sedimentation, mass wasting, groundwater, surface water, and climate systems; and renewable and nonrenewable resources, including water and fossil fuels.
    Usually Held
    Mon Tue Wed Thu 11:10am–1:35pm, Mon Tue Wed Thu 9:00am–11:25am, Mon Wed 8:30am–10:00am, Tue Thu 11:10am–12:35pm