Geology

Course summary

Course Outline Component 1 – Geological Investigations – Exam – Short answers and a practical test • Elements, minerals and rocks and how they form • Geological processes and the rock cycle • Geological time and change • Earth structure and global plate tectonics Component 2 – Geological Principles and Processes – Exam – Data response questions • Rock forming processes (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks) • Rock deformation and structural geology • Past life (palaeontology – including dinosaur evolution) and past climates • Earth materials and natural resources (coal, oil, gas, water, minerals, metals) Component 3 – Geological Applications – Exam – Short answers with some extended writing • Geohazards and their management (volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and engineering geology) • Geological maps and their uses • Ice ages and Quaternary Geology (the last 2 million years of Earth history)