GY100 Geology Courses (non-majors):
- Physical Geology (field-based course): Course Expectations/ Syllabus
- Ethnogeology (interactions between geology and ethnic minorities): Overview/Syllabus
- Environmental Geology,
- Geology of Asia, Overview
- Colorado Field Geology,
- Language of the Earth, (emphasis on writing)
- Geology and Society, (emphasis on writing)
- Living with the Earth, (emphasis on writing)
Introductory Geology: teach field‑based physical/historical intro,Syllabus, Overview
- Also taught from Earth-Systems Science perspective,
- Also taught with feminist approach, since 1987.
Introduction to Geology in the Rockies Institute (Summer Session)
Geology of the Pikes Peak Region, summer, Course Overview/ Syllabus
First-Year-Experience: Earth Systems Science: Patterns and Perspectives Overview/Syllabus
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (half-block)
Introduction to Petrology (a survey of petrology within the framework of an Island Arc), Island Arc Project
Igneous Petrology: developed field and microscope based course
Metamorphic Petrology: developed field and microscope based course
Geophysics (emphasis on use of gravity, seismic. magnetic, electrical instruments)
Earth Systems Science Syllabus
Plate Tectonics
Topographic Map and Aerial Photograph Interpretation
Regional Geology (senior field studies) in:
- Death Valley,
- Big Bend, Texas,
- Northern Minnesota/Michigan,
- South-central Arizona
- Japan
Gender and Science (Women’s Studies program): Ecofeminism (Women’s Studies program): Overview/Syllabus
Aikido: a Japanese martial art designed to resolve conflict non-violently (adjunct course)
Independent Studies: Have supervised numerous independent studies, senior seminars, master’s research papers, and senior honors theses; advised master’s thesis in Wet Mountains; also LAS theses on Asian Studies and Environmental Studies
