WVC Natural History of California Course Web Page

Recommended preparation: Concurrent enrollment in Biology 13 and completion of a either Geology 1A, Geology 15, Geology 10. (Biology 13 not offered Spring 2002.) Check out links to field trips below!

Acceptable for credit:California State University (under section B. I.)

Geology 3 (A, B, C, D) is a lecture/lab course worth 2 units. The course covers the natural history of specific regions in California with emphasis on geology and should be taken concurrently with Biology 13. This field geology laboratory sequence illustrates topics covered in course Geology 1A, Geology 1B, Geology 10, and Geology 15 as well as biology courses Biology 10, Biology 12, Biology 14, Biology 24, Biology 42, and Biology 49. This is a field-oriented course and will have nominal instructional meetings per week followed by a six-day field trip/camp. The instructional meetings will serve to introduce the use of topographic and geologic maps in the field as well as background on the specific focus region of the trip. Biology 13 portion of the course will focus on the botany and zoology of the specific regions with emphasis on ecology. Trip locations will differ from summer to summer (Cascade and Modoc Volcanoes; Sierra Nevada Foothills and Yosemite; Lake Tahoe and High Sierra; Eastern Sierra Nevada; San Francisco Bay, Coast Ranges and San Andreas Fault; Los Angeles and Transverse Ranges; Death Valley and Mohave Desert; Peninsula Ranges, Anza Borrego Desert, and Imperial Valley; Baja California Sur, Baja California Norte). This course may be taken multiple times.
A fee will be charged.

On this Web Site you can find the following items:

• Spring 2004 Syllabus, Lecture Schedule, and Field trip Schedule
• Spring 2001 Field Trip to Death Valley
• Other Geology Field Trips

Assignments:

• Good article on Dr. Galzner (co-author of our book) and Death Valley
• Pictures of flight to Death Valley - UNC
• Recent field trip photos from Dr. Glazner's UNC class to eastern California
• National Park Service Death Valley Geology Site - Take the Virtual Tours!!

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