2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 16, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

GEOL 340 - Mineralogy/Petrology

Unique Course
This course will cover the origin and occurrence of rocks and minerals. Topics include crystallography, crystal chemistry and physics, rock and mineral hand specimen identification, optical properties of minerals, and the classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Field trips to study various rock outcrops will be included.
PreRequisite: CHEM 112 + GEOL 201
4 semester hours