ENGR 166 - Geology for Engineers

Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75

Restricted to students in Engineering Bridge
An introduction to minerals, rocks and economic deposits, rock-forming processes, weathering and soils, erosion by gravity, water, ice and wind, plate tectonics, structural geology, and mountain building, mass wasting, and naturally-occurring or man-made geological hazards of interest to engineers. Field-based geological investigations form part of the laboratory.