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All qualified students from the University of Arizona, as well as from other universities, are welcome. In practice, the course integrates many of the concepts learned in the classroom into a unified approach to documenting and interpreting geologic phenomena and history. In keeping with the strong tradition of field geology at the University of Arizona, we strive to teach students how to map and interpret geologic history in a variety of geologic settings. In addition to basic methods of field geology, we continually emphasize the regional tectonic context of our exercises. This regional approach is facilitated by linking exercises in disparate types of geology (sedimentary, structural, igneous, metamorphic, and Quaternary) in one of the most spectacular geological regions on Earth. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the Cordilleran miogeocline, major Paleozoic and Mesozoic orogenic events, Cenozoic extension, and Quaternary glaciation. We also develop the historical aspects of the geology and tectonics, exposing the students to the geology of the Precambrian through Quaternary.
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