The University of British Columbia

Course Description

An introduction to the Earth with emphasis on its industrial and aesthetic resources. Rocks, minerals, gold, diamonds, sediments, fossils, oil and gas, canyons, and volcanoes and the processes that create them. Not for credit in the Faculties of Science and Applied Science. No background in Science or Mathematics is required.

UBC Calendar

For a full listing of course offerings please see the UBC calendar description

Learning Goals

Under development.

See also learning goals for non-specialist courses.

Instructors

Textbook

Vancouver, City on the Edge by Johnn Clague & Bob Turner

Course Content

Lecture Topics

Week	Topic
1	Introduction - Resources & the Earth in Space
2	Earth’s Materials - Elements, Minerals & Rocks
3	Geologic Time - 4.5 Billion Years of Earth History
4	Plate Tectonics - A Unifying Theory
5	Earthquakes and the Earth’s Interior
6	Volcanoes, Magma and Igneous Rocks
7	Erosion, Canyons, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
8	Mountain-building, Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
9	Energy: Fossil Fuels, Gas Hydrates, Nuclear, Alternative
10	Metals and Gemstones
11	Water: From the Continents to the Oceans
12	Climate Change: Deserts, Glaciers, Global Change
13	Geology and Resources of the Solar System

Labs

There are no labs for this course.