GLY 1000 Exploring the Geological Sciences
Taught: Spring 2009-2011
GLY 1000 is the generic class name/number for introductory classes aimed at the non-science major. Rather than teaching this as a traditional intro Geology course, I teach this class as "Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and other Hazards," where I cover a broad range of topics related to Earth science through the lens of natural hazards. The text used is Natural Disasters, by Pat Abbott. This course is in the final stages of having its own catalog number (GLY 1880).
GLY 4930 Intro to Geophysics
Taught: Fall 2010
GLY 4930 is another generic course classification, but this course is intended to be an ongoing course. It is an upper-level undergraduate course designed to introduce the students to the major types of geophysical data used in determining subsurface structure from scales ranging from local to global. The primary goal of the course is to familiarize the students with the types of geophysical data they will encounter in almost any future career in geological sciences. The text used is Whole Earth Geophysics, by Robert J. Lillie, with some supplementary material for the discussion of more local exploration methods.
GLY 5455 Quantitative Geophysics
Taught: Fall 2009
A graduate-level course in topics of interest in Geophysics, with a focus on global scale geophysics. Text for the course is "Geodynamics" by Turcotte and Schubert, but is supplemented with material on seismology and geomagnetism and paleomagnetism
