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USE FOR CATALOG YEAR CHANGES ONLY
This form is for presenting changes to Curriculum Committee; the information will still need to be entered in ECAS.
Sending this form to Curriculum Committee for Approval means Department and Discipline approval has been received.
Date: 9/11/06
Discipline: Geology
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Course Revision #1 Give complete UMM catalog entry (deletions in
strikethru font, additions underlined)(see instructions) Rationale
(see instructions): Inactivation of course reflects changes in geology
faculty Course Revision #2 Give complete UMM catalog entry (deletions in
strikethru font, additions underlined)(see instructions) GEOL 2301 - CE: Geology of
Minnesota (SCI-L) (4.0 cr; summer) Active, hands-on learning both in class and on class
field trips to selected localities throughout the state. Field trips
include: Pipestone National Monument; glacial geology of west-central
Minnesota; geology of the Minnesota River Valley; Rationale
(see instructions): Changes
reflect current course content. Course Revision #3 Give complete UMM catalog entry (deletions in
strikethru font, additions underlined)(see instructions) Rationale
(see instructions): Course Revision #4 Give complete UMM catalog entry (deletions in
strikethru font, additions underlined)(see instructions) Rationale
(see instructions): Course Revision #5 Give complete UMM catalog entry (deletions in
strikethru font, additions underlined)(see instructions) Rationale
(see instructions):
GEOL 3601
- Introduction to Geochemistry (SCI)(4.0 cr; Prereq-Chem 1101 or #; offered when
feasible; fall)Applying chemistry to geologic problems such as
weathering, sedimentary processes and diagenesis, formation of evaporites
and ore deposits, magma genesis and magmatic differentiation; thermodynamic
functions and the Phase Rule; oxidation potential and Eh-pH diagrams;
isotopic geochemistry and geochronology. (3 hrs lect)basalts of Taylors Falls/Interstate
State Park; Minnesota's Iron Ranges; Isle Royale National Park. and
St. Cloud Quarry Park.