GEOL 5120 - Earth Materials and Resources

• Be able to identify samples of the common rock-forming minerals.
• Be familiar with the common ore-forming minerals and the geologic settings in which they form.
• Graduate students are expected to perform at a higher level than their undergraduate colleagues.
• Graduate students will give an oral presentation on one rock or mineral group.
• Graduate students will write a 10-page term paper on the rock or mineral group that they present orally.
• Know the essential chemical and textural characteristics of the common rock-forming minerals.
• Know the igneous rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common igneous rock types.
• Know the metamorphic rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common metamorphic rock types.
• Know the sedimentary rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common sedimentary rock types.
• On each class examination, graduate students will answer two essay questions for which undergraduates are not responsible.
• Understand the geological controls on the genesis of the common rock-forming minerals.
• Understand the processes by which igneous rocks form and the settings in which they occur.
• Understand the processes by which metamorphic rocks form and the settings in which they occur.
• Understand the processes by which sedimentary rocks form and the settings in which they occur.