Associate Degree in Geology at College of Alameda |
College of Alameda
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College of Alameda is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus with 5,979 students in Alameda, CA.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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College of Alameda’s mission is to serve the educational needs of its diverse community by providing comprehensive and flexible programs and resources that empower students to achieve their goals.
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• Accommodating and supporting student needs
• Encouraging teamwork and active learning
• Engaging our community
• Empowering innovation
• Extending opportunities in technology
• Respecting diversity
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College of Alameda will be a diverse, supportive, empowering learning community for seekers of knowledge. We are committed to providing a creative, ethical and inclusive environment in which students develop their abilities as thinkers, workers and citizens of the world. |
College of Alameda
Associate degree
Geology
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3 units: 3 hours lecture (GR/CR/NC)
Acceptable for credit: CSU, UC
Survey of structure and materials that compose the outer portions of earth and geologic processes responsible for sculpturing the earth: Nature and role of rocks and minerals; dynamics of volcanism, earthquakes, place tectonics, continental drift, metamorphism, running water, ground water, glaciation, weathering and erosion. Two one-day field trips required. [CAN GEOL 6]
Geology 10 Student Learning Objectives (SLO)
At the end of this course you should be able to:
Understand the principle of Uniformitarianism and be able to explain it.
Define the three rock families and those minerals which constitute them in order to evaluate how their composition relates to earth processes
Recognize the components of the rock record and formulate an interpretation.
Describe and evaluate the cause and effect relationship between fundamental geologic processes and the resultant geologic features.
Explain the formation of geologic hazards and natural resources and describe the interaction between humans with the geologic environment.
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