# Geosciences (GEOL) courses

Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://avc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-27/department/geosciences

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027.

### GEOL 101 — Physical Geology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of Intermediate Algebra or higher or placement by multiple measures.
- **C-ID:** GEOL 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/geol.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

An introduction to the principles of geology with emphasis on Earth processes. This course focuses on the internal structure and origin of the Earth and the processes that change and shape it.

### GEOL 101H — Physical Geology Honors

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** Completion of Intermediate Algebra or higher or Placement by Multiple Measures This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, is an introduction to the principles of geology with emphasis on Earth processes.
- **C-ID:** GEOL 100
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules

This course focuses on the internal structure and origin of the Earth and the processes that change and shape it. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. (UC, CSU, AVC) (C-ID: GEOL 100) Note: Students may take either GEOL 101 Physical Geology or GEOL 101H Physical Geology Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.

### GEOL 101L — Physical Geology Lab

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of or concurrent enrollment in GEOL 101 or GEOL 101H. Completion of Intermediate Algebra or higher or placement by multiple measures.
- **C-ID:** GEOL 100L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/geol.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Physical Geology Laboratory provides students with hands-on identification of rocks and minerals, as well as topographic and geologic map exercises demonstrating the work of water, wind, ice and gravity and effects of tectonic activity. Students who took GEOL 101 more than two years previously should consider auditing GEOL 101.

### GEOL 102 — Historical Geology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of GEOL 101 or ERSC 101 or BIOL 120 or ANTH 101 or GEOG 101.
- **C-ID:** GEOL 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Historical geology is an introduction to Earth's history and the life it supports. Subjects include geologic dating, global tectonics, stratigraphy, fossils, biological evolution, the planet's origin and the processes that have influenced paleogeography during the past 4.6 billion years.

### GEOL 102L — Historical Geology Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- **Prerequisite:** Completion of or concurrent enrollment in GEOL 102.
- **C-ID:** GEOL 110L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/antelope-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)
- Applies to the associate degree or certificates (AVC)

Historical Geology Laboratory provides the laboratory component to an introduction to Earth's history and the life it supports. Subjects include geologic dating, plate tectonics, stratigraphy, fossils, biological evolution, the planet's origin and the processes that have influenced paleogeography during the past 4.6 billion years.