General Catalog - Geology (GEL)

GEL 001 — The Earth (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to the study of the Earth. Earth's physical and chemical structure; internal and surface processes that mold the Earth; geological hazards and resources.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 050; only 2 credits for students who have taken GEL 002.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 002 — Earth System Science (3 units)

Course Description: Solid and fluid earth and its place in the solar system. How the solid earth interacts with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and extraterrestrial environment.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Only 2 units credit for students who have taken GEL 050; only 2 units credit for students who have taken GEL 001.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 003 — History of Life (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: The history of life during the three and one-half billion years from its origin to the present day. Origin of life and processes of evolution; how to visualize and understand living organisms from their fossil remains.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 001 recommended.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 003L — History of Life Laboratory (1 unit)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Exercises in understanding fossils as the clues to interpreting ancient life, including their functional morphology, paleoecology, and evolution.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 003 (can be concurrent); GEL 003 required concurrently.

Learning Activities: Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 005 — Mass Extinctions: Past & Future (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: The big five mass extinctions that occurred in deep-time, with comparisons to the extinctions that are occurring currently. Similarities and dissimilarities between the past and modern extinctions.

Prerequisite(s): Ability to interpret a table of data.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 009 — Geology Field Experience (1 unit)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Exposure to geologic features and earth processes in the field. Experiential instruction in earth-science concepts, spatial visualization, landscape evolution, deep time, critical thinking skills, and integrative scientific themes. One 4-5 day field trip.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; at least one previous GEL class, or concurrent enrollment.

Learning Activities: Fieldwork.
Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to non-Geology Majors only.
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 1 time(s) when field trip destination differs.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 010 — Modern & Ancient Global Environmental Change (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Fundamental scientific concepts underlying issues such as global warming, pollution, and the future of nonsustainable resources presented in the context of anthropogenic processes as well as natural forcing of paleoenvironmental change throughout Earth's history.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL).

GEL 012 — Evolution & Paleobiology of Dinosaurs (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to evolutionary biology, paleobiology, ecology and paleoecology, using dinosaurs as case studies.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 016 — The Oceans (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introductory survey of the marine environment. Oceanic physical phenomena, chemical constituents and chemistry of water, geological history, the seas biota and human utilization of marine resources.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 116.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 016V — The Oceans (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introductory survey of the marine environment. Oceanic physical phenomena, chemical constituents and chemistry of water, geological history, the seas biota and human utilization of marine resources.

Learning Activities: Web Virtual Lecture 3 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 116.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 017 — Earthquakes & Other Earth Hazards (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Impact of earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, landslides, and floods on humans, structures, and the environment. Discussion of the causes and effects of disasters and catastrophes, and on prediction, preparation, and mitigation of natural hazards.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 017V — Earthquakes & Other Earth Hazards (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Impact of earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, landslides, and floods on humans, structures, and the environment. Discussion of the causes and effects of disasters and catastrophes, and on prediction, preparation, and mitigation of natural hazards.

Learning Activities: Web Virtual Lecture 2 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 020 — Geology of California (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: The geologic history of California, the origin of rocks and the environments in which they were formed, the structure of the rocks and the interpretation of their structural history, mineral resources, and appreciation of the California landscape. Offered in alternate years.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL).

GEL 025 — Geology of National Parks (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Appreciation of the geologic framework underlying the inherent beauty of U.S. National Parks. Relationship of individual parks to geologic processes such as mountain building, volcanism, stream erosion, glacial action and landscape evolution.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 025V — Geology of National Parks (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Appreciation of the geologic framework underlying the inherent beauty of U.S. National Parks. Relationship of individual parks to geologic processes such as mountain building, volcanism, stream erosion, glacial action and landscape evolution.

Learning Activities: Web Virtual Lecture 1 hour(s), Web Electronic Discussion 2 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): No credit for students who have completed GEL 025.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 028 — Astrobiology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Origin, evolution and distribution of life in our solar system and the Universe. Detecting habitable worlds, Drake equations, necessities and raw materials for life, philosophical implications of the search for life elsewhere.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 030 — Fractals, Chaos & Complexity (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Modern ideas about the unifying ideas of fractal geometry, chaos and complexity. Basic theory and applications with examples from physics, earth sciences, mathematics, population dynamics, ecology, history, economics, biology, computer science, art and architecture. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): MAT 016A or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Cross Listing: PHY 030.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 032 — Volcanoes (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Role of eruptions, and eruptive products of volcanoes in shaping the planet's surface, influencing its environment, and providing essential human resources.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 035 — Rivers (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to geomorphology, climate and geology of rivers and watersheds, with case examples from California. Assessment of impacts of logging, agriculture, mining, urbanization and water supply on river processes. Optional river field trips.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 036 — The Solar System (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Nature of the sun, moon, and planets as determined by recent manned and unmanned exploration of the solar system. Comparison of terrestrial, lunar, and planetary geological processes. Search for life on other planets. Origin and evolution of the solar system. (Former course GEL 113 & GEL 113G.)

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Visual Literacy (VL).

GEL 050 — Physical Geology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: The Earth, its materials, its internal and external processes, its development through time by sea-floor spreading and global plate tectonics.

Prerequisite(s): High school physics and chemistry.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Students with credit for GEL 001 or the equivalent may receive only 2 units for GEL 050.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 050L — Physical Geology Laboratory (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to classification and recognition of minerals and rocks and to interpretation of topographic and geologic maps and aerial photographs.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050 (can be concurrent).

Learning Activities: Laboratory 6 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Students with credit for GEL 001L or the equivalent may receive only 1 unit for GEL 050L.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 053 — Introduction to Geobiology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to interactions between Earth and life with an emphasis on how metabolism, cellular processes, evolution and ecology emerged within natural environments and have changed Earth’s surface.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 001 or GEL 002 or GEL 050.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 060 — Earth Materials: Introduction (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Physical and chemical properties of Earth materials; structure, chemical composition, and identification of rock-forming minerals; mineral-rock associations, and their origin from silicate liquids, aqueous fluids, and solid state transformations.

Prerequisite(s): (CHE 002A or CHE 002AH or CHE 004A); (CHE 002B or CHE 002BH or CHE 004B); (MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A); (GEL 001 or GEL 050); GEL 050L.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 081 — Learning in Science & Mathematics (2 units)

Course Description: Exploration of how students learn and develop understanding in science and mathematics classrooms. Introduction to case studies and interview techniques and their use in K-6 classrooms to illuminate factors that affect student learning.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 2 hour(s), Fieldwork 2 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited to 26 students per section.
Cross Listing: EDU 081.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 092 — Internship (1-12 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Work-learn experience on and off campus in all subject areas offered by the department. Internships supervised by a member of the faculty.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; lower division standing.

Learning Activities: Internship 3-36 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 12 unit(s).
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 098 — Directed Group Study (1-5 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Directed group study.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Variable 3-15 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 3 time(s) when content differs.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 099 — Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Special study for undergraduates.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; lower division standing.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 101 — Structural Geology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Study of processes and products of rock deformation. Introduction to structural geology through a survey of the features and geometries of faults and folds, techniques of strain analysis, and continuum mechanics of rock deformation.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050; GEL 050L; (PHY 007A or PHY 009A); (MAT 016A or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A); consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited to 35 students.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 101L — Structural Geology Lab (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Laboratory study of the processes and products of rock deformation. Introduction to the practice of structural geology through observations and analysis of rock deformation, including field measurement techniques and geologic mapping.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050; GEL 050L; (PHY 007A or PHY 009A); GEL 101 (can be concurrent); consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Laboratory 6 hour(s), Fieldwork 2 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited to 15 students per session.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Visual Literacy (VL).

GEL 103 — Field Geology (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Field mapping projects and writing geological reports. Weekly classroom meetings devoted to preparation of maps, cross sections, stratigraphic sections, rock descriptions, and reports. Seven-eight days for field trips will occur on weekends during the quarter.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 101; GEL 101L.

Learning Activities: Lecture 1 hour(s), Fieldwork 6 hour(s), Term Paper.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 105 — Earth Materials: Igneous Rocks (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Origin and occurrence of igneous rocks. Laboratory exercises emphasize the study of these rocks in hand specimen and thin section.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 060; (MAT 016A or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A); CHE 002B (can be concurrent).

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Laboratory 6 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 107 — Earth History: Paleobiology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Evolution and ecological structure of the biosphere from the origin of life to the present.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 003 or GEL 053 or BIS 002A or BIS 002B.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 107L — Earth History: Paleobiology Laboratory (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Exercises in determining the ecological functions and evolution of individuals, populations, and communities of fossil organisms in field and laboratory.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 107 (can be concurrent).

Learning Activities: Laboratory 6 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 108 — Earth History: Paleoclimates (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Geological and environmental factors controlling climate change, the greenhouse effect with a detailed analysis of the history of Earth's climate fluctuations over the last 600 million years. Past and present climate records are used to examine potential future climatic scenarios.

Prerequisite(s): (GEL 001 or GEL 050 or GEL 116N or ESP 116N); CHE 002A; consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 109 — Earth History: Sediments & Strata (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Sediment formation, transport, and deposition. Interpretations of sedimentary processes across landscapes and through time in the context of environmental and geological problems. Reconstruction of ancient environmental change from sedimentary rocks.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 001 or GEL 050.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 109L — Earth History: Sediments & Strata Laboratory (2 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Methods of stratigraphic and sedimentologic analysis of modern and ancient sediments. Identification of major sediment and sedimentary rock types. Outcrop and subsurface analysis of sedimentary basins. GE credit with concurrent enrollment in GEL 109. Includes four one-day field trips.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050L; GEL 109 (can be concurrent).

Learning Activities: Laboratory 6 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 110A — Summer Field Geology: Structures & Neotectonics (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Advanced application of geologic field methods to the study of deformed rocks and their interpretation in terms of tectonic processes. Includes development and interpretation of geologic maps, cross sections and stratigraphic sections. Six days/week for three weeks in an off-campus location.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 103; GEL 060 recommended.

Learning Activities: Fieldwork 40 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 110.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 110B — Summer Field Geology: Volcanology (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Advanced application of geologic field methods to the study of volcanic and plutonic rocks and their interpretation in terms of igneous processes. Includes development and interpretation of geologic maps, cross sections, stratigraphic sections, and outcrop scale observations. Six days/week for three weeks in an off-campus location.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 105; GEL 109.

Learning Activities: Fieldwork 40 hour(s).
Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 110.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 110C — Summer Field Geology: Special Projects (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Advanced application of geologic field methods to a special project location and the interpretation of field observations in terms of its geologic processes and geologic history. Variable field location and specific activities. Six days/week for three weeks in an off-campus location.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Fieldwork 40 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 116N — Oceanography (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Advanced oceanographic topics: Chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes; research methods and data analysis; marine resources, anthropogenic impacts, and climate change; integrated earth/ocean/atmosphere systems; weekly lab and one weekend field trip.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 001 or GEL 002 or GEL 016 or GEL 016V or GEL 050.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Laboratory 3 hour(s), Fieldwork.
Cross Listing: ESP 116N.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 120 — Origins: From the Big Bang to Today (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Long-term and large-scale perspectives on the origins of the universe, stars and planets, life, human evolution, the rise of civilization and the modern world. Multi-disciplinary approach to "Big History" involving cosmology, astronomy, geology, climatology, biology, anthropology, archeology and traditional history.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited enrollment.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 131 — Risk: Natural Hazards & Related Phenomena (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Risk, prediction, prevention and response for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, storms, fires, impacts, global warming.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 132 — Introductory Inorganic Geochemistry (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Nucleosynthesis of chemical elements, physical and chemical properties of elements, ionic substitution, elemental partition, distribution and transport among planetary materials, basic thermodynamics and phase diagrams, isotopic geochronometers, stable isotope fractionation, mixing and dilution, advection and diffusion, geochemical cycles.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 060 (can be concurrent); CHE 002B.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 133 — Environmental Geochemistry (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to Earth surface processes with a focus on topics of current environmental interest such as nuclear power and waste disposal, acid mine drainage, carbon sequestration, history of polar ice sheets and sea level change.

Prerequisite(s): CHE 002A; CHE 002B.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 134 — Environmental Geology & Land Use Planning (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Geologic aspects of land use and development planning. Geologic problems concerning volcanic and earthquake hazards, land stability, floods, erosion, coastal hazards, non-renewable resource extraction, waste disposal, water resources.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 001 or GEL 050; consent of instructor.; one course in Geology (GEL).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 136 — Ecogeomorphology of Rivers & Streams (5 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Integrative multidisciplinary field analysis of streams. Class project examines hydrology, geomorphology, water quality and aquatic and riparian ecology of degraded and pristine stream systems. Includes cooperative two-week field survey in remote wilderness settings with students from diverse scientific backgrounds.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Upper division or graduate standing in any physical science, biological science, or engineering.

Learning Activities: Lecture 1 hour(s), Discussion/Laboratory 2 hour(s), Fieldwork, Term Paper.
Enrollment Restriction(s): Restricted to advanced students in the physical sciences, biological sciences, or engineering.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 138 — Introductory Volcanology (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Principles of physical and chemical volcanology. Taught in a volcanically active setting (e.g., Hawaii) with a strong field component.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 060; GEL 109; consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Fieldwork 6 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 140 — Introduction to Process Geomorphology (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Quantitative description and interpretation of landscapes with emphasis on the relationships between physical processes, mass conservation, and landform evolution. Topics covered include physical & chemical weathering, hillslopes, debris flows, fluvial systems, alluvial fans, pedogenesis, eolian transport, glaciation and Quaternary geochronology.

Prerequisite(s): (GEL 001 or GEL 050); (MAT 016B or MAT 017B or MAT 019B or MAT 021B).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 141 — Evolutionary History of Vertebrates (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Evolutionary history of vertebrates; fossil record and phylogeny; timing of major evolutionary events; appearance of major vertebrate groups; physical constraints in vertebrate evolution; paleobiogeography of vertebrates; effect of continental movement on vertebrate evolution; dinosaurs and other strange vertebrates. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 003 or GEL 053 or BIS 002A.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 141L — Evolutionary History of Vertebrates Laboratory (1 unit)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Augments lecture GEL 141 through handling of specimens enabling in-person examination of three dimensional features observed in vertebrate skeletons, both fossil and living. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 141 (can be concurrent).

Learning Activities: Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 144 — Historical Ecology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Ancient ecosystems and the factors that caused them to change. Species, expansion, evolution of new modes of life, geologically induced variations in resource supply, and extinction provide historical perspective on the biosphere of future.

Prerequisite(s): Upper division course in environmental science or ecology, or an introductory course in paleobiology.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 146 — Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry & Cosmochemistry (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Basic principles of nuclear chemistry and physics applied to geology to determine the ages of terrestrial rocks, meteorites, archeological objects, age of the Earth, to trace geological/environmental processes, and explain formation of the chemical elements in the Universe. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): (CHE 002C or GEL 055); (PHY 007C or PHY 009C or GEL 056); (MAT 016C or MAT 017C or MAT 019C or MAT 021C).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 148 — Stable Isotopes & Geochemical Tracers (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Use of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in defining hydrologic processes; carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotopes as indicators of exchange between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. Radiogenic, cosmogenic, and noble gas isotope tracers. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): (CHE 002C or GEL 055 or HYD 134); GEL 050; GEL 050L; GEL 060.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 150A — Physical & Chemical Oceanography (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Physical and chemical properties of seawater, fluid dynamics, air-sea interaction, currents, waves, tides, mixing, major oceanic geochemical cycles.

Prerequisite(s): (ESP 116N or GEL 116N); (PHY 007B or PHY 009B); (MAT 016C or MAT 017C or MAT 019C or MAT 021C); (CHE 002C or GEL 055); consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s).
Cross Listing: ESP 150A.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 150B — Geological Oceanography (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to the origin and geologic evolution of ocean basins. Composition and structure of oceanic crust; marine volcanism; and deposition of marine sediments. Interpretation of geologic history of the ocean floor in terms of sea-floor spreading theory.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050 or (GEL 116N or ESP 116N).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Cross Listing: ESP 150B.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 150C — Biological Oceanography (4 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Ecology of major marine habitats, including intertidal, shelf benthic, deep-sea and plankton communities. Existing knowledge and contemporary issues in research. Segment devoted to human use. One weekend field trip required.

Prerequisite(s): BIS 002A; consent of instructor; a course in general ecology.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s), Fieldwork.
Cross Listing: ESP 150C.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 160 — Geological Data Analysis (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Introduction to quantitative methods in analyzing geological data including basic principles of statistics and probability, error analysis, hypothesis testing, inverse theory, time series analysis and directional data analyses.

Prerequisite(s): (MAT 016A (can be concurrent) or MAT 017A (can be concurrent) or MAT 019A { can be concurrent } or MAT 021A (can be concurrent)); GEL 056; or prior introductory level programming in Python, Matlab, or R.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 161 — Geophysical Field Methods (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Geophysical methods applied to determining subsurface structure in tectonics, hydrogeology, geotechnical engineering, and hydrocarbon & mineral exploration. Theory, survey design & interpretation of gravity, electrical resistivity, electromagnetic, reflection & refraction seismology, and ground-penetrating radar measurements.

Prerequisite(s): (GEL 001 C- or better or GEL 050 C- or better); (MAT 016C C- or better or MAT 017C C- or better or MAT 019C C- or better or MAT 021C C- or better); (PHY 007A C- or better or PHY 009A C- or better); (PHY 007B C- or better or PHY 009B C- or better); (GEL 056 C- or better or PHY 007C C- or better or PHY 009C C- or better).

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Quantitative Literacy (QL); Science & Engineering (SE); Scientific Literacy (SL).

GEL 162 — Geophysics of the Solid Earth (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Theory and use of physics in the study of the solid earth. Gravity, magnetism, paleomagnetism, and heat flow. Application to the interpretation of the regional and large-scale structure of the earth and to plate tectonics. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): (MAT 016C or MAT 017C or MAT 019C or MAT 021C); (GEL 056 or PHY 007C or PHY 009C).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 163 — Planetary Geology & Geophysics (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Principles of planetary science. Planetary dynamics, including orbital mechanics, tidal interactions and ring dynamics. Theory of planetary interiors, gravitational fields, rotational dynamics. Physics of planetary atmospheres. Geological processes, landforms and their modification. Methods of analysis from Earth-based observations and spacecraft.

Prerequisite(s): (GEL 001 or GEL 002 or GEL 028 or GEL 036 or GEL 050 or AST 010G or AST 010L or AST 010S or AST 025); (MAT 016A or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A); (PHY 007A or PHY 009A); (PHY 007B or PHY 009B); (GEL 056 or PHY 007C or PHY 009C).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).

GEL 175 — Advanced Field Geology (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Advanced field studies of selected geologic terrains, interpretation and discussion of field observations. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Discussion 3 hour(s), Fieldwork 6 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 2 time(s) when instructors differs.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 181 — Teaching in Science & Mathematics (2 units)

Course Description: Exploration of effective teaching practices based on examination of how middle school students learn math and science. Selected readings, discussion and field experience in middle school classrooms.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; major in mathematics, science, or engineering; or completion of a one-year sequence of science or calculus.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 2 hour(s), Fieldwork 2 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited to 40 students per section.
Cross Listing: EDU 181.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 183 — Teaching High School Mathematics & Science (3 units)

Course Description: Exploration and creation of effective teaching practices based on examination of how high school students learn mathematics and science. Field experience in high school classrooms.

Prerequisite(s): Major in mathematics, science, or engineering; or completion of a one-year sequence of science or calculus and consent of the instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 2 hour(s), Fieldwork.
Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited to 40 students per section.
Cross Listing: EDU 183.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Oral Skills (OL); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 186 — Facilitating Learning in STEM Classrooms (1 unit)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: STEM Learning Assistant Seminar. Theoretical and practical issues of effective teaching in discussion/labs: student-centered, active, cooperative learning environments, responsive teaching, and differentiated classroom instruction.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 1 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Social Sciences (SS).

GEL 192 — Internship in Geology (1-12 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Supervised work experience in geology.

Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing; project approval prior to internship.

Learning Activities: Internship.
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 10 unit(s).
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 194A — Senior Thesis (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Guided independent study of a selected topic, leading to the writing of a senior thesis.

Prerequisite(s): Open to Geology majors who have completed 135 units and who do not qualify for the Honors Program.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 194B — Senior Thesis (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Guided independent study of a selected topic, leading to the writing of a senior thesis.

Prerequisite(s): Open to Geology majors who have completed 135 units and who do not qualify for the Honors Program.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 194HA — Senior Honors Project (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Guided independent study of a selected topic, leading to the writing of an honors thesis.

Prerequisite(s): Open to Geology majors who have completed 135 units and who qualify for the Honors Program.

Learning Activities: Independent Study 9 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 194HB — Senior Honors Project (3 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Guided independent study of a selected topic, leading to the writing of an honors thesis.

Prerequisite(s): Open to Geology majors who have completed 135 units and who qualify for the Honors Program.

Learning Activities: Independent Study 9 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Writing Experience (WE).

GEL 198 — Directed Group Study (1-5 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Group study focused on topics in Geology.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in Geology or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Variable 3-15 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 199 — Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5 units)

Starting Fall Quarter 2026, this course is no longer offered.

Course Description: Special study for advanced undergraduates.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.
General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).

GEL 205 — Advanced Field Stratigraphy (3 units)

Course Description: Fieldwork over spring break. Application of stratigraphic techniques to research problems. Collection, compilation, and interpretation of field data. Integration of data with models for deposition and interpretations of Earth history. Topics will vary. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 109; GEL 110; or consent of instructor; GEL 206 recommended.

Learning Activities: Lecture 1 hour(s), Fieldwork 2 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 206 — Stratigraphic Analysis (3 units)

Course Description: Topics in advanced methods of stratigraphic analysis, regional stratigraphy and sedimentation, and sedimentary basin analysis. Emphasis on techniques used to interpret stratigraphic record and on current issues in stratigraphy and sedimentation. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 109; GEL 109L; or consent of instructor; GEL 144 recommended.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 214 — Active Tectonics (3 units)

Course Description: Active deformation associated with faults, landslides, and volcanoes. Geodetic measurement techniques such as triangulation, trilateration, leveling, Global Positioning System (GPS), and radar interferometry. GPS data acquisition and analysis. Inversion of geodetic data and mechanical models of crustal deformation. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 216 — Tectonics (3 units)

Course Description: Nature and evolution of tectonic features of the Earth. Causes, consequences, and evolution of plate motion, with selected examples from the Earth's deformed belts. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 101; or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 217 — Topics in Geophysics (3 units)

Course Description: Discussion and evaluation of current research in a given area of geophysics. Topic will change from year to year. Offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 1 hour(s), Seminar 2 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 219 — Fracture & Flow of Rocks (3 units)

Course Description: Origins of those structures in rocks associated with brittle and ductile deformation. Theoretical analysis, using continuum mechanics, and experimental evidence for the origin of the structures with emphasis on deformational processes in the earth. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 101; or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 227 — Stable Isotopes Biogeochemistry (4 units)

Course Description: Discussion and application of stable isotope techniques for scientific research problems. Emphasizes carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and sulfur isotopes. Laboratory develops basic skills of cryogenic gas extraction and specific techniques for individual research using stable isotopes. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; graduate standing.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Laboratory 6 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 228 — Topics in Paleoceanography (3 units)

Course Description: Critical discussion and review of selected topics in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology relating to the history of the processes controlling and affecting climate change and ocean circulation throughout the geologic record. Topics vary. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 108; GEL 150A; or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 230 — Geomorphology & River Management (3 units)

Course Description: Impacts of management and land use activities on the geomorphology of rivers and streams. Evaluation and use of analytical tools for river assessment. Assessment of river and stream restoration strategies and emerging issues in river management.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 139; or equivalent; graduate standing.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 232 — Oceans & Climate Change (3 units)

Course Description: Modern climate change and linkages between the ocean-atmosphere-cryosphere-terrestrial climate system. Importance of the ocean in forcing climate change, and the impacts of anthropogenic processes on the ocean. Topics vary. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 3 time(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 235 — Surface Processes (3 units)

Course Description: Recent advances in the analysis of landforms and their evolution. Detailed investigation of the tools used to document surface processes. Evaluation of concepts and processes that govern landscape evolution. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 050; GEL 050L; MAT 016B or MAT 017B or MAT 019B or MAT 021B recommended.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 236 — Inverse Theory in Geology & Geophysics (3 units)

Course Description: Inversion of data for model parameters. Evaluation of parameter uncertainties. Linear and nonlinear problems for discrete and continuous models. Bakus-Gilbert inversion. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 238 — Theoretical Seismology (3 units)

Course Description: Elastodynamic wave equation. Greens functions and source representations. Ray theory. Plane and spherical waves and boundary conditions. Elastic wave propagation in stratified media.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Pass/Fail only.

GEL 240 — Geophysics of the Earth (3 units)

Course Description: Physics of the earth's crust, mantle, and core. Laplace's equation and spherical harmonic expression of gravity and magnetic fields. Elastic wave equation in geologic media. Body and surface seismic waves. Equations of state, thermal structure of the earth. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): PHY 009B; (MAT 022B or MAT 027B or BIS 027B).

Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 250 — Advanced Geochemistry Seminar (3 units)

Course Description: Critical review of selected topics in geochemistry including: ore genesis, hydrothermal and geothermal fluids, recent and ancient sediments, isotope geology, origin and chemistry of the oceans. Subject varies yearly depending on student interest.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 146; or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 251 — Advanced Topics in Isotope Geochemistry & Cosmochemistry (3 units)

Course Description: Astrophysical context on origin of Solar System, synthesis of chemical elements, condensation sequence, star and planet formation, cosmochronology, building blocks of planets, development on planets' layered structure, atmosphere and hydrosphere and the role of comets/asteroids for volatile delivery. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 2 hour(s), Term Paper.
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 3 time(s) when topics differs.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 253 — Current Topics in Igneous Petrology (3 units)

Course Description: Topical seminar designed to help graduate students develop and maintain familiarity with current and past literature related to igneous rock petrogenesis.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 143; or consent of instructor; graduate standing in Geology.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 255 — Experimental Petrology (3 units)

Course Description: Introduction to techniques and methods of design and executing experiments on Earth-forming minerals and rocks. Problems and examples from igneous and metamorphic petrology will be utilized. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 143; or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 260 — Paleontology (3 units)

Course Description: Selected problems in paleontology. Subject to be studied will be decided at an organizational meeting. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in geology or a biological science.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 262 — Paleobiology Graduate Seminar: Methodological Aspects (3 units)

Course Description: One or more major methods used in the study of fossils: Morphometrics and three-dimensional reconstruction of fossils, phylogenetic methodology, the application of geochemical techniques, and electron microscopy.

Learning Activities: Lecture 1 hour(s), Seminar 2 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 4 time(s) when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 281N — Instrumental Techniques for Earth Scientists (3 units)

Course Description: Laboratory research techniques for new graduate students in Geology. Demonstration of and exposure to appropriate techniques in research.

Prerequisite(s): (MAT 016A or MAT 017A or MAT 019A or MAT 021A); (MAT 016B or MAT 017B or MAT 019B or MAT 021B); (MAT 016C or MAT 017C or MAT 019C or MAT 021C); ((PHY 007A or PHY 009A); (PHY 007B or PHY 009B); (PHY 007C or PHY 009C)); or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Laboratory 3 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 290 — Seminar in Geology (1 unit)

Course Description: Presentation and discussion of current topics in geology by visiting lecturers, staff, and students.

Learning Activities: Seminar 1 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s).
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 294 — Structure/Tectonics Forum (1 unit)

Course Description: Seminar/discussion group to review and discuss latest research in structural geology and tectonics, and on-going research of participants. Topics will vary each quarter depending on the interests of the group. Occasional field trips to areas of current interest.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate student in geology or consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Seminar 1 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 296 — Advanced Problems in Tectonics (3 units)

Course Description: Seminar dealing with current problems in tectonics of selected regions. Topics will change from year to year. Emphasis on study of recent literature. Offered irregularly.

Prerequisite(s): GEL 101; consent of instructor.

Learning Activities: Seminar 3 hour(s).
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 298 — Group Study (1-5 units)

Course Description: Group study.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Letter.

GEL 299 — Research (1-12 units)

Course Description: Research.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 390 — Methods of Teaching & Research (1-5 units)

Course Description: Introduction to academia at UC Davis. Introduction to graduate-level research, professional development skills, and methods for undergraduate-level teaching. Includes methods in scientific communication (written, oral and poster presentations); literature review and synthesis; professional development; discussions on campus teaching resources, presenting information, managing classroom dynamics, and assessing student’s work.

Learning Activities: Extensive Writing/Discussion 1-5 hour(s).
Enrollment Restriction(s): Restricted to graduate students in Earth & Planetary Sciences.
Repeat Credit: May be repeated 3 times when topic differs.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

GEL 396 — Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4 units)

Course Description: Teaching assistant training.

Learning Activities: Variable.
Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.