Course Description
Geology of National Parks, EART 3
Geologic concepts and processes responsible for shaping our national parks including mountain building, volcanic and earthquake activity, sedimentation, weathering, erosion, and glaciation. An understanding of how geology impacts our lives is emphasized. Appropriate for both science and non-science majors who wish to enhance their knowledge, enjoyment, and appreciation of our national parks.
Key Information
Credit: 5 quarter units /
3.33 semester units credit
UC Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
General Education: Fulfills College of Letters and Science Physical Sciences
UC Davis:
Course Equivalence: GEL 025V
General Education: SE.
UC Irvine:
General Education: II - Science and Technology
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Physical Sciences (No Lab)
UC Merced:
Course Equivalence: UCM ESS 020: Fundamentals of Geology
UC Riverside:
General Education: GEO Elective units
UC San Diego:
Course Equivalence: SIO 16
General Education: Warren - May be used depending on major/PofC; TMC - Clears TMC's PHYSICS GE requirement or 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - Analytic Methodologies; Muir: petition for one course in matching Natural Sciences sequence; ERC 1 natural science; Revelle one course towards Natural Science; Muir: 1 course in a Natural Science theme in "Chemistry, Physics, and the Environment"
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
General Education: Area C - Science, Mathematics, and Technology
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: SI
Course Fees
None
More About The Course
Geology of National Parks Online is an activity-based class collaboratively created by three Earth Science faculty members from UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, and UC San Diego. This course will cover introductory geologic concepts with special focus on U.S. National Parks.
Through a series of activities, assignments, mini-lectures and readings, we’ll explore how geologic processes control the landscapes and features in our parks. Along the way you'll learn about the concepts of geologic time, plate tectonics and how the rock record can be used to reconstruct the geological story of the parks.
Course Creators
Susan Schwartz
Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research addresses problems in earthquake and glacier mechanics. Much of her research is accomplished through the design and implementation of field experiments. This work has taken her to many interesting places including Costa Rica, New Zealand, Alaska and Antarctica.
Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research ...Susan Schwartz is a Professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz. She teaches 2 different classes designed for non-science majors, Geology of National Parks and Earthquakes. In addition, she teaches a class for undergraduate Earth Science majors called “Geologic Hazards” and a variety of graduate classes in her specialty of seismology and geophysics. Her research addresses problems in earthquake and glacier mechanics. Much of her research is accomplished through the design and implementation of field experiments. This work has taken her to many interesting places including Costa Rica, New Zealand, Alaska and Antarctica.
David Osleger
Jeffrey Gee
Jeff Gee is a professor of geophysics in the Geosciences Research Division of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. His research focuses on the use of magnetic data, both remotely sensed magnetic anomaly data and the magnetization of rock samples, to understand a variety of geological problems ranging from the formation of new crust at mid-ocean ridges to documenting past variations in the geomagnetic field. He has taught a course on the geology of national parks for more than a decade.
Jeff Gee is a professor of geophysics in the Geosciences Research Division of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. His research focuses on the use of magnetic data, both remotely sensed magnetic anomaly data and the magnetization of rock samples, to understand a variety of geological problems ranging from the formation of new crust at mid-ocean ridges to documenting past ...Jeff Gee is a professor of geophysics in the Geosciences Research Division of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. His research focuses on the use of magnetic data, both remotely sensed magnetic anomaly data and the magnetization of rock samples, to understand a variety of geological problems ranging from the formation of new crust at mid-ocean ridges to documenting past variations in the geomagnetic field. He has taught a course on the geology of national parks for more than a decade.
