May 16, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.

 

French

Courses numbered 400 and above will be offered as indicated when justified by the enrollment.

  
  • FREN 401G - Literary or Linguistic Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Topics in French and Francophone Literary or Linguistic Studies. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 405G - Cross-linguistic analysis for French instruction

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Cross-linguistic analysis for an integrated and counter-balanced approach to French instruction, including French immersion pedagogy.

    Course Notes: This course does not count towards the French M.A. or the Francophone Studies Ph.D.
  
  • FREN 421G - France and the Francophone World

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Overview of the historical, social and cultural development of France and the Francophone world.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 422G - Topics in the Francophone World


    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Historical, social and/or cultural issues in the Francophone world. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and departmental head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 424G - The Sociocultural Context of Louisiana French

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Survey of social, cultural, and historical issues.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 425G - Francophone Oral Literature

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Includes France, Quebec, New Brunswick, Missouri, the West Indies, Africa, and especially Louisiana.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 441G - Survey of Twentieth Century Fiction

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 449G - Louisiana Folklore Fieldwork

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 6
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Intensive directed fieldwork in a designated area. Classes will meet once a week for lectures and archiving, twice a week in the field.

  
  • FREN 455G - French and Francophone Film

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    History and evolution of film in France and in the Francophone world. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 460G - Advanced Composition and Stylistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Study and practice in exposition, description, narration, and argumentation, and stylistics.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 465G - Introduction to French Linguistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Basic concepts of linguistics, with emphasis on their application in the Francophone world.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 466G - History of the French Language

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 470G - Francophone Maghreb

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Studies in the Francophone literature, history, culture and social context of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 471 - Survey of Early French Literature

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 472 - Survey of French Literature II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362 
  
  • FREN 481G - Quebec

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Literature, history, culture, and social context of Francophone Québec. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 485G - Francophone Belgium

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Study of the Francophone literature, history, culture, and social context of Belgium. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 491G - Francophone Antilles and the Indian Ocean

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Literature, history, culture, and social context of the Francophone islands of the Antilles and/or the Indian Ocean. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 492G - Francophone Louisiana

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Literature, history, culture, and social context of Francophone Louisiana. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 495G - Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Francophone literature, history, culture and social context of sub-Saharan Africa. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 362  
  
  • FREN 497G - Special Projects

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Communication

    Individual research or writing projects in fields students wish to study intensively.

  
  • FREN 501 - Préparation Pedagogique

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Practical application and supervision for foreign language teaching with emphasis on oral proficiency, testing and applied methods.

    Course Notes: Graduate teaching assistants in French and Francophone Studies must take 3 hours total over two semesters.
  
  • FREN 502 - Études Littéraires Ou Linguistiques Ou Cinématographiques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 510 - Le Moyen Age

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Studies in medieval French and Francophone literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 515 - Early Modern France

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    French and Francophone literature and culture of the Early Modern period. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 518 - Genres

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Various genres, such as poetry and poetics, novel, short story, theater, non-fiction, and para-literature, or movements such as symbolism, realism, the fantastic, utopic, or epic. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 520 - Littérature Migrante

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Seminar on Francophone migrant literature. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 522 - Études Sociolinguistiques Et Ethnolinguistiques Du Monde Francophone

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Basic theoretical concepts of sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, and dialectology; emphasis on their application in the Francophone world through individual fieldwork. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 525 - La Bande dessinée

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Seminar on French and Francophone comics and graphic novels. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 530 - Cinéma Français

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Seminar on French cinema. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 532 - Le Dix-Neuvième Siècle

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Nineteenth-century French and Francophone literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 540 - Critique Littéraire

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Introduction to literary theory through theoretical texts and their application to the study of literature. Emphasis on contemporary trends in literary interpretation.

  
  • FREN 542 - Le Vingtième Siècle I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Topics and movements in twentieth-century French and Francophone literature and culture I. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 543 - Le Vingtième Siècle II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Topics and movements in twentieth-century French and Francophone literature and culture II. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 545 - Les Paralittératures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Seminar on French and Francophone paraliteratures, such as le roman policier, le fantastique, la science-fiction, la bande dessinée, le roman d’aventures, etc. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 550 - Le Vingt-et-Unième Siècle

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Twenty-first-century French and Francophone literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 565 - La Belgique

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of Belgium. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 570 - Le Maghreb I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) of the 1950s and 1960s. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 574 - Le Maghreb II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Second generation of Francophone authors of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia): literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: No

  
  • FREN 575 - L’Acadie

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of the Acadians. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 580 - Auteurs Franco-Maghrébins Contemporains

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Contemporary Franco-Maghrebi literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 581 - Le Québec

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of Québec. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 585 - Cinéma de l’Afrique Sub-Saharienne

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone film and culture of Sub-Saharan Africa. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 590 - La Négritude

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Seminar on the Francophone Négritude movements throughout the world. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: Yes

  
  • FREN 591 - Les Îles Créoles

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of the Antilles and/or the Indian Ocean. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 592 - La Louisiane

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Louisiana French literature and culture. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 595 - Littérature de l’Afrique Sub-Saharienne

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Francophone literature and culture of sub-Saharan Africa. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor and department head or graduate coordinator.

  
  • FREN 597 - Recherches Dirigées

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Individual study of selected topics by arrangement with instructor. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated once for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • FREN 655 - Séminaire Sur La Francophonie De L’amérique Du Nord

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced seminar on Francophone literature and culture in the North American context. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 691 - Séminaire Sur L’Afrique, Les Antilles, Ou L’Océan Indien

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced seminar on the literature and/or culture of Africa, the Antilles, or the Indian Ocean. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

    Restriction(s): Permission of department head or graduate coordinator required

  
  • FREN 699 - Dissertation Research and Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3-24
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-24 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • FREN 899 - Examinations Only

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.


General Studies

  
  • GNST 100 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Topics may vary each semester. Introduction to the nature of interdisciplinary studies as it involves learning across the sciences (natural, social, behavioral), humanities, arts, and techniques.


Geography

  
  • GEOG 103 - World Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Introduces the basic concepts of geography while examining human activities in different regions of the world. Special emphasis is placed on the geographic factors affecting the development of nations.

    LCCN: CGRG 2113



  
  • GEOG 104 - Physical Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Survey of the factors of the natural environment that are of vital importance to human life and activities.

    LCCN: CGRG 2213



  
  • GEOG 201 - Human Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Systematic treatment of the major concepts of human geography and their application to modern problems. Consideration of settlement patterns, migration, communication, and territoriality.

    LCCN: CGRG 2013



  
  • GEOG 306 - Geography of Latin America

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Survey of the physical, political, economic, and human geography of the region for the purpose of analyzing its economic potential.

  
  • GEOG 310 - United States and Canada

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Geographic examination of culture economy, natural and human resources.

  
  • GEOG 315 - Geography of Middle East

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Regional survey of Southwest Asia and Northern Africa, emphasizing physical environment, mineral resources, economic development, and cultural diversity.

  
  • GEOG 317 - Geography of Africa

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of the potential of the nation-states of Africa based on their mineral, agricultural, environmental, and cultural resources.

  
  • GEOG 322 - Economic Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of processes affecting the location of economic activities. Consideration of patterns of industrial and commercial location.

  
  • GEOG 330 - Urban Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Examination of social, economic, and political forces related to the growth and development of the modern city. Includes planning and public policy procedures.

  
  • GEOG 346 - Historical Geography of North America

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Regional survey of the historic linkage between human settlement and the physical environment of Canada and the United States from colonial origins to the closing of the western and northern land frontiers.

  
  • GEOG 350 - Louisiana

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Detailed study of a relatively small geographic area. Land forms, climate, and natural and human resources are considered from the standpoint of the role they play in influencing the economic and cultural potential of the state.

  
  • GEOG 371 - Cultural Spheres

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Content varies. Students are limited to a maximum of six (6) hours credit. Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript. Regional and topical aspects of selected world cultural realms.

  
  • GEOG 375 - Political Geography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Political organization of space and consideration of locational conflict at the international, regional, and metropolitan scale. Content varies. Students are limited to a maximum of six (6) hours credit. Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript.

  
  • GEOG 380 - Principles of Geographic Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Introduction to the analysis of spatial data using geographic information systems, a tool for integrating and analyzing spatial data to visualize relationships, seek explanations, and develop solutions to pressing problems. Focus will be on the foundations and theory of GIS.

  
  • GEOG 390 - Principles of Remote Sensing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Introductory course in the acquisition, mensuration, interpretation, and mapping of aerial photographs and satellite images for environmental monitoring and inventorying.

  
  • GEOG 405 - Directed Individual Study I

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Restriction(s): Permission of advisor and instructor required

  
  • GEOG 407G - Directed Individual Study III

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Restriction(s): Permission of advisor and instructor required

  
  • GEOG 431G - Heritage Tourism

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Literature, theory, and implementation of effective programs relevant to regional economic growth and urban revitalization.

  
  • GEOG 440G - Applications in Geographic Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Practical application of geographic information science in multiple disciplines across the College of Liberal Arts and focused use of GIS within the student’s chosen field of study.


Geology

  
  • GEOL 105 - Our Earth

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Origin of earth materials, structures, and landforms; affecting the human environment. Optional field trips.

    Course Notes: Credit may only be earned in one of the following: GEOL 105, GEOL 111 GEOL 115 , or GEOL 225 .
  
  • GEOL 106 - Earth Evolution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Earth’s physical and biological evolution, utilizing concepts of plate tectonics. Emphasis on methods used to interpret earth history.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 105 , GEOL 111 , GEOL 115 , or GEOL 225  
    Course Notes: Credit may not be earned for both GEOL 106 and GEOL 112 .
  
  • GEOL 107 - Our Earth Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Optional laboratory emphasizing mineral and rock identification as well as topographic and geologic map interpretation.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): GEOL 105  
    LCCN: CGEO 1101



    Course Notes: Credit may only be earned in one of the following: GEOL 107, GEOL 111 GEOL 115 , or GEOL 225 .
  
  • GEOL 108 - Earth Evolution Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Optional laboratory involving classification of fossils and interpretation of geologic maps.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): GEOL 106  
    LCCN: CGEO 1111



    Course Notes: Credit may not be earned for both GEOL 108 and GEOL 112 .
  
  • GEOL 110 - Dinosaurs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Survey of dinosaur fossil evidence and interpretation of their biology, their behavior, and the causes of their extinction.

  
  • GEOL 111 - Introduction to the Earth

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Earth materials and processes; emphasis on application of scientific concepts to geologic phenomena. Optional field trips.

    LCCN: CGEO 1103



    Course Notes: Credit may only be earned for one of the following: GEOL 105  and GEOL 107 , GEOL 111, GEOL 115 , or GEOL 225 .
  
  • GEOL 112 - History of the Earth

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Geologic time; history of development of earth features, products, and life.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 105  or GEOL 111  
    LCCN: CGEO 1113



    Course Notes: Credit may be earned for only one of the following: GEOL 106 GEOL 108 , or GEOL 112.
  
  • GEOL 115 - Honors Geology I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Introduction to the Earth emphasizing recent developments.

    Restriction(s): Admission to the University Honors Program or permission of the instructor.

    Course Notes: Credit may only be earned for one of the following: GEOL 115, GEOL 105 , GEOL 111  or GEOL 225 .
  
  • GEOL 211 - Special Projects

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Supervised individual or group projects or study of special topics.

  
  • GEOL 225 - Introduction to Earth Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Astronomy, geology, and meteorology for education majors.

    Restriction(s): Education majors only.

    Course Notes: Credit may only be earned in one of the following: GEOL 105 , GEOL 111 , or GEOL 225.
  
  • GEOL 291 - Elementary Mineralogy

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Identification and occurrence of important minerals, and introduction to crystallography and optical mineralogy.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): CHEM 107 ; and GEOL 106  and GEOL 108 , or GEOL 112 
  
  • GEOL 292 - Elementary Petrology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Identification, occurrence, and origin of common igneous and metamorphic rocks.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 291  or permission of instructor is required
  
  • GEOL 301 - Paleontological Methods

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Field trips to conduct collection and detailed documentation of fossils for exhibition and research. Trip frequencies, duration, dates, and study localities vary with semester.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • GEOL 302 - Field Geology II

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Field trips to observe, analyze, and interpret the geology and/or geophysics of selected localities; complements classroom experience. Trip frequencies, duration, dates, and study localities vary with semester.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • GEOL 305 - Geology of National Parks and Monuments

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Structure, stratigraphy, physiography, and basic rock types in the National Parks.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 105 , GEOL 111  or GEOL 225  
  
  • GEOL 311 - Regional Geology Field Trips I

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Geology of selected regions studied by correlated readings and field observation of points of geologic interest.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • GEOL 312 - Regional Geology Field Trips II

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1-3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Geology of selected regions studied by correlated readings and field observation of points of geologic interest.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • GEOL 314 - Structural Geology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Structural features; presentation and solution of geological problems.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 110 ; and GEOL 111 , or GEOL 105  and GEOL 107 
    Restriction(s): For GEOL majors only

  
  • GEOL 315 - Structural Geology for Engineers

    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Structural features; presentation and solution for geological problems.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 110  and GEOL 111   OR  GEOL 105  and GEOL 107  
    Restriction(s): For non-majors only

  
  • GEOL 320 - Survey of Exploration Geophysics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Language and techniques of modern exploration geophysics for geologists.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 270  and PHYS 216 
  
  • GEOL 330 - Field Methods

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Collection and plotting of field data; interpretation of topographic maps, geologic maps, and aerial photographs.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): GEOL 314  
  
  • GEOL 337 - Computer Applications in Geology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Geological applications software, including GIS, and mapping routines.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 105  and GEOL 107 ; or GEOL 111  
    Restriction(s): Geology majors only.

  
  • GEOL 339 - Sedimentary Petrology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Petrology and petrography of the sedimentary rocks, particularly the clastic sediments.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 292  
  
  • GEOL 341 - Stratigraphy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Stratigraphic procedure and terminology; principles of biostratigraphy; depositional sequences, Basin analysis, models and geotectonic framework.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 292 
  
  • GEOL 355 - Environmental Geology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Application of basic geological concepts and principles to the analysis of the interaction of man and the geologic environment.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 105 , GEOL 111 , or GEOL 225 
    LCCN: CEVS 1103



  
  • GEOL 363 - Invertebrate Paleontology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Principles of classification of invertebrate fossils morphology, and paleoecology.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 111  
    Restriction(s): Geology majors only.

  
  • GEOL 400 - Summer Field Camp

    Credit Hours: 6
    General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

    Training in field methods in selected areas.

    Prerequisite(s): GEOL 330  
    Pre/Corequisite(s): GEOL 292  
 

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