Undergraduate Courses

We have a summary of the Geology undergraduate degree options, but for full details see CWU's on-line course catalog.

For Quarterly Calendars, Class Schedules, and General Education Requirements, see the Registrars Office.

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Class Materials for Current and Recent Classes

If you are looking for graduate course information see the Graduate Courses page.

GEOL 101. Physical Geology

GEOL 103. Geology of Washington

GEOL 107. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, & Civilization

  • Spring 2013: Winston Norrish
  • Spring 2013: Emily Wright

GEOL 108. Introduction to Environmental Geology

GEOL 200. Earth Evolution and Global Change

GEOL 210. Introduction to Geologic Field Methods

GEOL 302. Oceans & Atmosphere

  • Spring 2013: Winston Norrish

GEOL 305. Quantitative Methods in Geology

GEOL 320. Rocks and Minerals

GEOL 346. Mineralogy

GEOL 350. Northwest Geology

  • Spring 2012: Anne Egger

GEOL 360. Structural Geology

GEOL 370. Stratigraphy

GEOL 377. Regional Natural History

GEOL 380. Environmental Geology

GEOL 386. Geomorphology

GEOL 388. Hawaii Field Experience

  • Winter 2012: Wendy Bohrson

GEOL 415. Earthquake Geology and Neotectonics

  • Spring 2013: Walter Szeliga

GEOL 423. The Cryosphere

  • Winter 2013: Susan Kaspari

GEOL 425. Environmental Geochemistry

  • Winter 2013: Carey Gazis

GEOL 432. Field Geodesy

  • Fall 2012: Tim Melbourne

GEOL 434. Petroleum Geology

  • Spring 2013: Winston Norrish

GEOL 441. Climate Variability & Climate Change

  • Winter 2012: Susan Kaspari

GEOL 445. Hydrogeology

GEOL 474. Quaternary Geology

GEOL 475. Petrography and Petrogenesis

GEOL 478. Volcanology

GEOL 483. Isotope Geochemistry

  • Fall 2012: Carey Gazis

GEOL 484. Geochronology

GEOL 487. End of Major Review

GEOL 489. Geologic Field Methods