Overview
Description
Economic, societal and environmental aspects of geological resources extracted from the earth, including industrial minerals and petroleum.
Requirements
Prerequisites
GEOL 100GEOL 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 100 or GEOL 101.
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Core
CO9
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the mineralogic characteristics and geologic processes that control the formation, distribution, and societal value of natural resources.
- identify local, regional and global economic and societal impacts tied to resource marketing and production.
- explain the value and impact of the scientific investigations and technological advances needed for historical, modern and future development and use of resources.
- identify historical, modern and future environmental, sustainability and energy issues associated with natural resources.
- formulate research questions, identify appropriate methods to answer those questions, and conduct research using primary and/or secondary sources to investigate resource problems.
- demonstrate effective written communication skills.
- integrate, synthesize, and apply knowledge of the relationship between science and technology and societal issues in both focused and broad interdisciplinary contexts.