Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to interpret central California geologic features using photographic essays.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast geological features between selected central California geological provinces.
• 1. What is an unconformity? 2. What kind of rock makes up the Sierra Nevada Mountains? 3. What is a glacier?
• Students will be able to identify and describe dominant features, geological structures, and processes from regions visited on field trips.
• Students will be able to apply primary geological principles.
• Students will be able to evaluate and classify major rock types.