3.00 Credits
This course is an integrated approach to basic principles from the fields of geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. Topics include: map interpretation, minerals and rocks, processes acting at the Earth's surface and within the Earth, plate tectonics, geologic time and dating, water movements, ocean floor, weather and climate, composition and motions of the Earth, solar system, phases of the moon, origin and life cycles of stars, and galaxies; class 2 hours, lab 3 hours.