Geoscience
Courses
GEO 510 Sedimentary Environments 4.0 Credits
Students in this course develop an understanding of sedimentary processes and the ability to interpret paleoenvironments based on sedimentological parameters. Topics include current flow, bedforms, siliciclastic and carbonate rocks, fluvial, coastal, and Aeolian environments, taphonomy, and paleosols.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
GEO 520 Invertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoecology 3.5 Credits
This course focuses on the evolution, ecology, and environmental interactions of invertebrates with hard parts from the Cambrian period to today. Topics include paleoecology, paleodiversity, mass extinction, taphonomy, biostratigraphy, and taxonomy. Natural selection, functional morphology, extinction and adaption are emphasized.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
GEO 522 Vertebrate Paleontology 4.0 Credits
This course focuses on the evolution of vertebrates from the Cambrian Period to today. Topics include cartilaginous and bony fishes, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles, pterosaurs, birds, and mammals. Natural selection, cladistics, functional morphology, adaptation and extinction are emphasized.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
GEO 550 Volcanology 3.0 Credits
Volcanology is a study of the origin, properties, and processes involved in the formation and eruption of volcanoes. The student taking this course will be introduced to the various types of volcanism on Earth and in the Solar System, methods of volcano monitoring, and human and environmental impacts of volcanic eruptions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
GEO 644 Plate Tectonics 3.0 Credits
Plate tectonics is one of the Earth Sciences' foundational theories, underlying much of our understanding on the origin and distribution of volcanoes, earthquakes, ocean basins, and mountain chains. This course discusses vector analysis approaches as they apply to plate tectonics theory, plate rotation poles, analysis of triple-junction stability, mantle flow, plate motion reconstructions, and the driving forces of plate tectonics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
GEO 797 Research 0.5-12.0 Credits
Research in geoscience.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO I599 Independent Study in GEO 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO I699 Independent Study in GEO 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO I799 Independent Study in GEO 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO I899 Independent Study in GEO 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO I999 Independent Study in GEO 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO T580 Special Topics in Geoscience 1.0-9.0 Credit
In this course, students will explore specific areas not covered in the regularly offered Geoscience courses. The course will be taught by teaching faculty members of the Geoscience Program, Drexel professors who are members of the Geoscience Faculty Committee, or by visiting professors. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO T680 Special Topics in Geoscience 0.0-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO T780 Special Topics in Geoscience 0.0-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO T880 Special Topics in Geoscience 0.0-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
GEO T980 Special Topics in Geoscience 0.0-9.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
