Metropolitan State University of Denver
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Science - Office SI2025
Campus Box 22 - P.O.Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Phone: (303)615-0789
kackstae@msudenver.edu
GEL4050 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/IMP/index.html
Prerequisites (Required &/or Recommended): GEL1010; GEL3050; CHE1800
Offered: ONLY Spring in Even Years
GEL 4970 Undergraduate Research in Geology
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/UR/index.html
Prerequisites (Required &/or Recommended): MTH 1210, GEL 3050, senior
Offered: Spring ONLY
GEL1010 Physical Geology
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/GEOL/index.html
Offered: Fall & Spring
GEL3050 Mineralogy & Optical Min.
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/MIN/index.html
Prerequisites (Required &/or Recommended): GEL1010; CHE1800; MTH1110
Offered: Fall ONLY
GEL1020 Geology of Colorado
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/GEOCO/index.html
Offered: Fall & Spring
GEL4250 Hydrogeology (Groundwater)
Course Website: http://college.earthscienceeducation.net/GW/index.html
Prerequisites (Required &/or Recommended): GEL1010; CHE1800; MTH1110
Offered: ONLY Fall in Even Years
FIELDCOURSE(S) - 10 day fieldtrip Geologic field work in Western Colorado, South Central Utah & Arizona. (2 Credits ea.)
Offered: End of May
GEL4400 Applied Volcanology
8 weeks lecture / 14 days field (US-West Coast or Italy)
Offered: ONLY every 3 years - (watch announcements)
Geology of the European Alps
14 day international fieldtrip to Germany, Austria, Italy, etc.
Offered: ONLY every 3 years - (watch announcements)
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