{ "college": "shasta-college", "edition": "2026-2027", "code": "ESCI", "name": "Earth Science", "sourceUrl": "https://scmainweb.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/resources/catalog-2026-2027-compressed.pdf#page=149", "courses": [ { "code": "ESCI-1", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "1", "title": "The Active Earth", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 54 hours of lab, totaling 216 hours for this course)", "formerly": "GEOL 1, GEOL 1A", "cid": [ "GEOL 101" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to the physical processes that drive Earth as a dynamic planet. Both internal and external processes are considered as well as their inter-relationships. Discussion in the course will include Earth’s internal structure, plate tectonics, minerals and rocks and their origins, surface processes, geologic structures such as faulting and folding, metamorphism, sedimentation, soil formation, geologic time including radiometric methods, geologic hazards such as earthquakes, volcanism, mass wasting, flooding, and the vital nature of Earth materials to society. Laboratory activities will focus on the application of classroom concepts and will include mineral and rock identification, geologic structures, topographic and geologic map use, use of remote imagery, recognition of landforms, geologic time, seismology, and volcanism. Lecture and laboratory will consider geologically produced and influenced natural resources, their exploitation, and concepts centered on sustainable uses. The lecture portion of this course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Field trips may be required when there is an on-campus component." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-1", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-2", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "2", "title": "Earth: The History of Our Planet", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total", "advisory": "GEOG 1A and GEOG 1AL, GEOG 7, NHIS 5, or NHIS 15 with a grade of C or higher", "formerly": "GEOL 2, GEOL 1B", "cid": [ "GEOL 111" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course explores Earth’s 4.5 billion-year development through history through the study of the origins of minerals, rocks, and fossils, all within in demonstrable succession (stratigraphy). Discrete mountain-building episodes are described, inclusive of magmatism and crustal deformational, and provide important time markers in continental evolution. Supporting concepts include biologic evolution, geologic time, and paleogeographic relationships. Plate tectonics and mechanisms of crustal evolution will provide a base framework though with a North American focus and an emphasis on the west coast. Laboratory exercises will include the description and classification of minerals and rocks, the recognition of ancient metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary environments, the recognition, occurrence, and geologic use of fossil organisms, introduction to and application of stratigraphic principles, recognition of geologic structures, and the development and use of different types of geologic maps and cross sections.", "notes": [ "Note: Completion of any ESCI course, except ESCI 14/14L, OR any one of the listed advisory courses with a minimum grade of C is recommended.", "Note: Required day and overnight field trips." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-3", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "3", "title": "Mineralogy and Crystal Optics", "units": "5", "hours": "54 lecture/108 lab total", "prerequisite": "ESCI 1 with a grade of C or higher", "corequisite": "CHEM 1A, or previous completion of CHEM 1A with a grade of C or higher", "formerly": "GEOL 3", "cid": [ "GEOL 280" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course is an exploration into the chemistry, classification, optics and crystalline structure of minerals. Topics covered in the course will include the chemistry, bonding, and crystalline structure of minerals, recognition of crystal types, physical properties of minerals, mineral classification as well as their origins, occurrence, and use, and an introduction to the theory of optical identification of minerals. Laboratory activities will include crystallography, physical properties testing, mineral classification, and optical techniques to identify mineral crystals with an introduction to uniaxial and biaxial minerals.", "notes": [], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-6", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "6", "title": "Ancient Life", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 54 hours of lab, totaling 216 hours for this course)", "formerly": "GEOL 6", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course is a survey of past life presented through geologic and biologic investigation. This course is interdisciplinary in nature and provides geologic background and evidence for the origination and evolution of life. Associated methodologies and concepts presented include geologic time and its measure, chemical and organic evolution, controls on evolution, cladistic analysis, ancient ecologic reconstruction, mass extinction and adaptive radiation, fossilization, and ancient geographic distributions of flora and fauna. Anatomical innovations that define major classes of organisms are traced through ancestor-descendant relationships. Laboratory exercises include processes of fossilization, fossil recognition, cladistic analysis, genetics, stratigraphy, reconstruction of ancient biologic communities, ancient geographic reconstruction through fossil information, functional morphology, mass extinction, and adaptive radiation in the fossil record. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required day field trips when not offered fully online." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-6", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-7", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "7", "title": "California through Time, A Geologic Journey", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total)", "formerly": "GEOL 7, GEOL 25", "cid": [ "GEOL 200" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "As the newest material added to North America, California's geology is incredibly diverse. Each geomorphic province in California is defined by unique rock successions indicative of ancient and modern processes ranging from geologic hazards such as seismicity, volcanism, and mass wasting, to the tectonic assembly of California and associated economic resources. California's mountains reveal past glaciations, its modern and ancient shores, and its coastal processes through time; its dramatic deserts reveal over a billion years of geologic history. Topics such as these are among the several that this course will explore, along with basic principles of geology. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Field trips required (day trips and overnight trips) when not offered fully online." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-8", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "8", "title": "Planetary Geology: Development, History and Planetary Processes", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)", "formerly": "GEOL 8, GEOL 22", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course offers an introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary surfaces and guide their development through time. The course will explore the origins of the solar system and use Earth as a planetary “model” to perform systematic and comparative investigations of the planets and other bodies in the solar system. Recent information gathered by Earth-based and orbiting observation platforms and un-manned planetary probes will be used to investigate planetary processes, develop planetary histories and differentiate the varied pathways and processes that have influenced each planet’s evolution. The course will also consider the Sun and its influence on the planets and other bodies in the solar system, as well as asteroids, comets, meteors and impacts on planetary surfaces. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required field trips and/or evening observations when possible." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-9", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "9", "title": "Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Other Geologic Hazards", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162. A scheduled field trip will still be required for the online course.)", "formerly": "GEOL 9, GEOL 20", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This introductory course considers geologic hazards and their impact on society in part through the utilization of case histories, many of which are from California. The course will focus on earthquakes and volcanism specifically considering the dynamics of these two phenomena. Other topics to be discussed include tsunami origination and development, types of mass wasting and their controlling factors and influences, and flooding. A portion of the course will also describe geologic hazards that are human influenced or caused, such as soil erosion, acid rain, ground-water contamination and ground subsidence. Engineering mitigation, hazard preparedness and remediation strategies complete the course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required field trips when not offered fully online." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-9", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-10", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "10", "title": "Environmental Geology", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 54 hours of lab, totaling 216 hours for this course)", "formerly": "GEOL 10, GEOL 40", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course covers geologically related impacts on the environment, both natural and human-influenced. Emphasis is placed on human and environmental interactions with discussions regarding natural resources and their exploitation, pollution and waste disposal, climate change, land use and engineering, and energy resources. Earth processes that result in environmental catastrophes, environmental change, and an impact on society are also considered, including topics such as earthquakes, volcanism, flooding, mass wasting, coastal processes, and climate trends. Laboratory activities will focus on Earth materials, water resources and contamination, hazardous waste storage, mining and resource exploitation, and pollution. The lecture portion of this course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required field trips." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-12", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "12", "title": "General Earth Science", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 216)", "formerly": "PHSC 2, PHSC 3", "cid": [ "GEOL 121" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC (with credit limitation)" ], "description": "This is a survey course designed for non-science majors. It spans the Earth-related sciences, including geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. In general, the course focuses on physical processes and materials as related to each discipline. Topics include the geologic evolution of the Earth, economic resources derived from the Earth, Earth materials, evolution and character of the oceans, ocean-atmosphere interactions, atmospheric processes including weather and climate, the solar system and Earth as part of the universe. Using an Earth systems approach, lecture and laboratory will consider concepts centered on the sustainable use of natural resources. The laboratory portion of this course provides hands-on activities that support and demonstrate lecture concepts. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Field trips required when not offered fully online.", "UC transfer limit – no credit if taken after a college level course in Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Meteorology, or Physics" ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 6, "open": 5, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-12", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-14", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "14", "title": "Meteorology", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)", "formerly": "PHSC 4", "cid": [ "GEOG 130" ], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "Dynamic aspects of the atmosphere responsible for climate and weather are the main focus of this course. Topics include atmospheric composition, solar radiation, global heat transfer, atmospheric moisture, pressure and atmospheric circulation, air masses, weather patterns and forecasting, storms, air pollution and ozone, and global climate changes. Applicable fundamental science concepts such as state changes, heat transfer mechanisms, and the physical and chemical aspects of the media involved in weather are also introduced. Further the course will consider influences on the atmosphere that disrupt sustainable, stable climate conditions. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Students may take ESCI 14 without enrollment in ESCI 14L, the matching laboratory science. However, to enroll in ESCI 14L, one must have completed ESCI 14 or be taking this course concurrently." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-14", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-14L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "14L", "title": "Meteorology Laboratory", "units": "1", "hours": "54 lab total", "prerequisite": "ESCI 14 with a grade of C or higher OR", "corequisite": "ESCI 14", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course provides practical application to concepts presented in the Meteorology lecture course. Laboratory exercises will include analyses of incoming solar radiation, heat transfer in the atmosphere, humidity measurements, atmospheric motion, weather maps, storm characteristics, and climate controls and climate change. The lecture and laboratory will consider influences on the atmosphere that disrupt sustainable, stable climate conditions. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Concurrent enrollment in ESCI 14 is preferred." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-14l", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-15", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "15", "title": "Oceanography", "units": "4", "hours": "54 lecture/54 lab total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162 for the lecture portion of the class and an additional 54 hours of lab, totaling 216 hours for this course)", "formerly": "PHSC 5", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "Global ocean dynamics are part of an intricate system that influences world climate and both terrestrial and oceanic life. Basic principles and concepts are presented including ocean origins, ocean basin formation, seawater composition and characteristics, oceanic circulation, and the marine habitat providing a holistic view of the study of the oceans. Coastal processes such as waves and tides, erosion and deposition, and landforms are also considered. Laboratory activities will survey marine geology including plate tectonics and ocean basin topography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography such as circulation, waves and tides, and biological oceanography including marine organisms, marine ecosystems, and nutrient flow. The lecture and laboratory will consider marine-produced and influenced natural resources, their exploitation, and concepts centered on sustainable uses. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required overnight field trip when not offered fully online." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-15", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-16", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "16", "title": "Coastal Marine Sciences", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)", "formerly": "PHSC 6", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to coastal oceanography, including coastal habitat evaluation of shore and near-shore ecosystems. Basic concepts in oceanography including chemical, physical, geologic, and biological realms, as related to coasts, with an emphasis on the inter-related nature of these topics, will serve as the main thread across the topics of the course. The course will develop oceanographic concepts associated with estuaries, tidal flats, sandy shores, rocky shores, and the shallow continental shelf. It will cover shore and near-shore island ecosystems and their evolution, inclusive of island reefs and lagoons, outer-shelf reef formation and ecology, and coastal management. Marine-produced and -influenced natural resources, their exploitation, sustainable uses, and conservation will round out the course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required field outings if 16L taken concurrently. Students may take ESCI 16 without enrollment in ESCI 16L, the matching laboratory science. However, to enroll in ESCI 16L, one must have completed ESCI 16 or be taking this course concurrently." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-16L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "16L", "title": "Coastal Marine Sciences Laboratory", "units": "1", "hours": "54 lab total", "prerequisite": "ESCI 16 with a grade of C or higher OR", "corequisite": "ESCI 16", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "This course relies on concepts presented in ESCI 16 Coastal Marine Sciences as it provides practical application to concepts presented in that course. Laboratory work will include field explorations along coasts, including shore and near shore systems, representing the primary resources for lab work. Other activities will include charting and navigation, species identification, and habitat monitoring; this involves data collection techniques, analysis, and synthesis from coastal and near-shore sites. As with the Coastal Marine Sciences lecture section, marine produced and influenced natural resources, their exploitation, and sustainable uses will be studied.", "notes": [ "Note: Concurrent enrollment in ESCI 16 is preferred" ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-17", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "17", "title": "Earth System Science", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)", "formerly": "PHSC 7", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "Earth is a dynamic planet, changing in response to natural processes within the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Modern science is now viewing the Earth system in its entirety, the sum of its parts, in an effort to understand how processes in one sphere impact those in another. This course stresses the inter-relationships of these systems and reviews natural cycles and positive and negative feedback pathways that operate over various time scales to affect global environmental change. The impact of civilization on the Earth system is also analyzed as the course considers pollution, overpopulation, global warming, deforestation, desertification, resource depletion, and biologic extinctions, along with solutions developed within sustainable concepts and practices. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Field trips required when not offered fully online." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-17", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-18", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "18", "title": "Global Climate Change: Past, Present and Future", "units": "3", "hours": "54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU", "UC" ], "description": "Atmospheric processes, on a global and local scale, are considered as they determine weather and climate through time. Natural influences on the atmosphere include the global ocean, the sun, and volcanisms on planet Earth, each directing atmospheric responses in a different manner. Past climate conditions on Earth, and the science used to determine those conditions through rock, sediment and ice cores, will be explored. Human influences on the atmosphere will be considered as well as a review of the observations that have led to scientific consensus on global climate change. Current trends in climate change will be extrapolated into the future as directed by climate modeling and their consequences considered. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Note: Required day field trips." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-32", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "32", "title": "The Northern Sierras", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81)", "corequisite": "ESCI 32L", "formerly": "GEOL 32", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "As part of an introduction to the diverse character of the northern Sierras, this course is paired with ESCI 32L, a corequisite course that will culminate with a three-day overnight field trip that explores the northern Sierras. ESCI 32 will present basic concepts in geology as well as topics specific to the northern Sierras such as continental growth, multiple mountain building episodes and mountain building processes, pre-Cascades volcanism, river processes and their role in landscape development, glaciation and related geomorphology, and “mother-lode” economic geology. Weather patterns and climate are addressed especially in terms of water resources and climate change. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required field trip." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-32", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-32L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "32L", "title": "The Northern Sierras Lab and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 32", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies ESCI 32 and represents laboratory and field activities associated with the northern Sierras, inclusive of a three-day, overnight field trip across this region. This course supports the goal of understanding the geology and geologic history of the northern section of the Sierra Nevada mountains, as well as economic and climatologic qualities as they converge to produce important needed resources and Alpine, foothill and even wetland and desert habitats. Field sites demonstrate these relationships, and lab sessions prior to the trip will focus on the application of ESCI 32 concepts in preparation for the field trip. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: This course includes a three-day, overnight field trip." ], "offered": [ { "term": "fall-2026", "name": "Fall 2026", "sections": 1, "open": 1, "url": "/c/shasta-college/schedule/fall-2026/esci/#esci-32l", "subject": "ESCI" } ] }, { "code": "ESCI-33", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "33", "title": "The Sacramento River Basin, From Source to Sea", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in a distance education format, hours will total 81 hours)", "corequisite": "ESCI 33L", "formerly": "GEOL 33", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "The Sacramento River has forged a basin that cuts across northern California, carving into the eastern Klamaths and delivering water and sediment to the Great Valley floor, ultimately reaching the estuaries of the eastern Bay Area. Basin history and the significance of this river system are the focus of the course. Topics begin with basic concepts in geology, including river dynamics, but also the origin and evolution of the basin. Relationships to modern and indigenous societies are also considered, as well as current and future climate change impacts to the basin. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip in corequisite course" ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-33L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "33L", "title": "The Sacramento River Basin Lab and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 33", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies The Sacramento River Basin, From Source to Sea lecture course. Laboratory activities support the goal of understanding the geologic history of the Sacramento River basin with a focus on basin evolution, river dynamics, and climatology. A three-day field trip traverses the length and span of the basin and the lower reaches of a few of its many tributaries. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops and will demonstrate concepts presented in the corequisite lecture course and from prior labs.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip" ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-34", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "34", "title": "The Modoc Plateau", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81 hours)", "corequisite": "ESCI 34L", "formerly": "GEOL 34, GEOL 61AB", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "The Modoc Plateau of northeastern California presents a unique opportunity to study many aspects of the region's natural history, ranging from the emplacement, structure and impact of the Cascades' largest volcano, the Medicine Lake Volcanic Complex, to the wetlands of the upper Klamath river and the high desert habitats of the plateau itself. Lectures will present basic concepts in geology, meteorology, climatology and water resources of the province. Specific topics to be discussed include volcanic processes and features, geologic hazards, geothermal potential, economic resources, faulting, plateau development, basin and range development, and surface and subsurface water. High desert and cave ecosystems will also be considered. A three-day overnight field trip through this geomorphic province and its boundaries is a major part of the corequisite lab course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-34L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "34L", "title": "The Modoc Plateau Laboratory and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 34", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies The Modoc Plateau lecture course and represents laboratory and field activities associated with the Modoc Plateau of northeastern California, including a three-day, overnight field trip. This course supports the goal of understanding the geology and geologic history of the Modoc region with a focus on volcanic processes and regional faulting, as well as climatologic qualities as they converge to define high desert to near-tree line biomes. Field sites across the region demonstrate these relationships, and lab sessions prior to the trip will focus on the application of the lecture portion concepts. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: This course includes a three-day, overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-35", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "35", "title": "Lassen Volcanic National Park", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81)", "corequisite": "ESCI 35L", "formerly": "GEOL 35, GEOL 62AB", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to Lassen Volcanic Park and meetings will present geology, weather and climatology, ecology, and the park’s geologic history (with a particular focus on park geology and climatology). The basic concepts in geology needed to understand the geological history of the park, as well as outcrops visited during the ESCI 35L field trip – its climatic evolution and modern ecology – are also discussed, in addition to the geological development of the park. Featured topics will include volcanic processes and features, volcanic and geothermal hazards, geothermal potential, past glaciation, faulting, and modern seasonal ecology as driven by precipitation patterns and spring systems. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-35L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "35L", "title": "Lassen Volcanic National Park Lab and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 35", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies ESCI 35 and represents the laboratory and field activities associated with Lassen Volcanic National Park, including a three-day overnight field trip within and around the park. This course promotes an understanding of the geological and climatic history and modern ecological character of the park through site and outcrop exposures as they demonstrate volcanic processes, volcanic and geothermal features, past glaciation and glacial features, slide hazards, faulting, and the park’s typical seasonality as it drives ecology. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-36", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "36", "title": "The Mount Shasta Region", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81)", "corequisite": "ESCI 36L", "formerly": "GEOL 36, GEOL 64AB", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to Mount Shasta and surrounding areas that will present basic concepts in geology needed to understand the evolution of Mount Shasta and the eastern Klamaths. Topics to be discussed include volcanic processes and features, volcanic hazards, earthquakes, eruption predictability, geothermal activity, glaciation, mass wasting events, continental accretion and growth, tectonic-volcanic relationships, and ancient environments that long predate the much more recent formation of the Mt Shasta Volcanic Complex. This course may be offered in a distance education format. With its corequisite course, ESCI 36L, subject matter in this course will be matched to field locations during a three-day overnight field trip to and around the mountain and adjacent sites.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: Required overnight field trip associated with corequisite course, ESCI 36L." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-36L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "36L", "title": "Mt. Shasta Laboratory and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 36", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies the Mt. Shasta lecture course and represents laboratory and field activities associated with the Mt. Shasta region of northern California, inclusive of a three-day, overnight field trip. This course supports the goal of understanding the geology and geologic history of the Western and High Cascades, a volcanic system tied to the Cascadia subduction zone for the past 12-15 million years. The course will also explore pre-Cascades geology inclusive of inland seas, ancient reefs and prior subduction episodes, as well as the climatologic qualities as they define a micro-climate within the Shasta Valley and in the shadow of the glaciated stratovolcano of Mt. Shasta. Field sites across the region demonstrate these relationships, and lab sessions prior to the trip will focus on the application of ESCI 36 concepts. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option" ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-37", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "37", "title": "The Northern California Coast", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81)", "corequisite": "ESCI 37L", "formerly": "GEOL 37", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to the processes that have shaped and continue to shape Northern California’s coastline. This course is paired with ESCI 37L, a concurrent corequisite course that will culminate with a three-day overnight field trip that explores the northern California coast. ESCI 37 presents basic concepts in geology, as well as determining the geologic history of the coast. It will cover additional topics specific to the northern California coastline, such as hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and shore erosion, but extending into coastal oceanographic processes such as tidal processes, wave action and coastal currents, and even shoreline habitats as a reflection of the geology and climate. Other topics range from active mountain building to weather patterns and even climate. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: This course includes a three-day, overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-37L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "37L", "title": "Northern California Coast Lab and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 37", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies ESCI 37 and represents laboratory and field activities associated with the northern California coast, inclusive of a three-day, overnight field trip along this stretch of coast. This course supports the goal of understanding the geology and geologic history of the north coast, as well as oceanographic and climatic qualities as they converge to define habitats. Coastal sites demonstrate these relationships, and lab sessions prior to the trip will focus on the application of ESCI 37 concepts. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops..", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: This course includes a three-day, overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-38", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "38", "title": "Point Reyes National Seashore", "units": "1.5", "hours": "27 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 81 hours for this course)", "corequisite": "ESCI 38L", "formerly": "GEOL 38", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course is an introduction to the natural processes that have shaped and continue to shape the Point Reyes National Seashore. It will cover topics of geology with specific reference to the Point Reyes National Seashore, such as the San Andreas Fault Zone and its hazards, the area as part of a translated terrane, its rocks as a record of that journey, and changes through time. Basic weather and climate science will be introduced using the national seashore’s oceanographic qualities such as wave processes, coastal currents, and coastal upwelling as important local influences. A three-day overnight field trip to the national seashore is a major part of the corequisite lab course. This course may be offered in a distance education format.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option" ], "offered": [] }, { "code": "ESCI-38L", "subject": "ESCI", "number": "38L", "title": "Point Reyes National Seashore Lab and Field Studies", "units": "0.5", "hours": "27 lab total", "corequisite": "ESCI 38", "cid": [], "transfer": [ "CSU" ], "description": "This course accompanies the Point Reyes National Seashore lecture course and represents laboratory and field activities associated with the national seashore of the Marin Headlands region along the California coast, including a three-day, overnight field trip. This course explores the geology and geologic history of the Point Reyes National Seashore with a focus on faulting and seismicity as well as weather and climatologic qualities as driven by Pacific coastal waters. Coastal oceanographic processes ranging from wave impacts, currents, tidal regimes, and upwelling will be coupled to geologic features as they collectively define coastal habitats and the north reaches of the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary. Field sites within the national seashore demonstrate these relationships, and lab sessions before the trip will focus on applying lecture concepts. Field exercises will be conducted at various stops.", "notes": [ "Grading: Pass/No Pass Option", "Note: This course includes a three-day, overnight field trip." ], "offered": [] } ] }