• GEOL 2020: INTRODUCTION TO PETROLOGY

  2.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This petrology course surveys the distribution, chemical composition, and mineral associations in rocks of the earth's crust and upper mantle, and establishes its relation to tectonic environment. The student will learn the principles behind rock forming processes and will learn to examine rocks in hand specimen and thin section, both as a means of identifying and describing the rocks and as a means of extracting clues to formulate hypotheses about how the rocks formed in nature, and what that means for humanity.
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• GEOL 2050: PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Paleontology is study of life on this planet through the evidence of the fossil record. It includes the study of fossils to determining organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments. The course covers major geological changes in Earth history in chronological order, and the relationship between geology and the evolution of life on this planet. A significant portion of the course will be the identification of fossils from major time periods of Earth's history in order to demonstrate evolution over time at the macro level. This course will make extensive use of the scientific method and hands-on learning. Local field trips may be required.
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• GEOL 2080: GEN FIELD GEOLOGY

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course provides an introduction to Geology field methods. Students will be instructed in the basics of geological surveying, mapping, and the use of geological field equipment. The precise course of study will vary from semester to semester. This course may include a required field component. Up to four credits of GEOL 2080 will apply towards graduation.
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• GEOL 2150: GEOMORPHOLOGY

  4.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course is a broad survey of landforms and the processes that modify them, encompassing space and time scales ranging from the instantaneous motion of sand in rivers during floods to the uplift of mountain ranges over millions of years. Studied in depth are the processes, effects, and results of streams, rivers, landslides, weathering, glaciers, deserts, shorelines, oceans, and volcanism. Students will develop critical thinking abilities and problem solving skills in weekly labs.
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• GEOL 2465: DIRECTED STUDY: GEOLOGY

  4.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  No course description available.
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• GEOL 2470: INTERNSHIP: GEOLOGY

  1.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  No course description available.
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• GEOL 2490: STUDIES IN GEOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  No course description available.
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• HIST 1110: WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Surveys basics of Western European Civilization from decline of the Roman Empire to 1700.
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• HIST 1120: WESTERN CIVILIZATION II

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  A broad survey of European history in the Western tradition from 1700 to present.
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• HIST 1211: U.S. TO 1865

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  From the Pre-Columbian period to 1865, this course examines the social, political, and economic development of American institutions through the historical lens. This course meets the requirements of the Wyoming statutes providing for instruction in the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and Wyoming.
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