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GEOS-3504: Mineralogy

Description: Principles of modern mineralogy, crystal chemistry, and crystallography, with emphasis on mineral atomic structure and physical property relationships, mineralogy in the context of geology, geochemistry, environmental science and geophysics, phase equilibria, mineral associations, and mineral identification, and industrial applications of minerals. There are three required field trips during the semester.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CHEM-1035 or CHEM-1055 or (ISC-1106 and ISC-1116)

Required By: CHEM-5525, GEOS-4024

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: MSE-3104

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.33 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.77%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.65%

Nancy L Ross202443.6%45.7%7.8%0.5%1.4%0.9%3.2610
Frederick M Michel202169.3%22.7%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.534

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W