GL 161 - Lab for GL 160

Credit Hours: Included in the 4.0 credit hours for GL 160

The laboratory includes exercises in identification of common minerals, computer aided identification of rock types, map reading, topographic map exercises and structure analysis. There may be field trips scheduled. GL 160 with GL 161 satisfies the lecture laboratory science requirements for science and non-science majors. This laboratory course is to be taken concurrently with the lecture course GL 160 Physical Geology.

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Natural Sciences.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

understand the experimental procedures involved in the demonstration of some of the laws of nature;
collect experimental data using appropriate procedures;
organize the collected data in a technical lab report;
interpret data and draw intelligent conclusions; and
write comprehensive answers to qualitative questions.

Concurrent Registration: GL 160
F/S (N)