2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook

GEOL 202 Mineralogy & Petrology

A comprehensive study of the most important rocks and rockforming minerals: Includes the description classification, genesis, and geologic significance of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Laboratory work consists of basic optical mineralogy as well as megascopic and microscopic and petrography.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Complete GEOL 111 & GEOL 112

Distribution

Scientific Inquiry/Lab