# Geology (GEOL) courses

Napa Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.napavalley.edu/courses/geol/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### GEOL-110 — Physical Geology

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours lecture; 54 hours total
- **Transfers to:** UC, CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/geol.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)

Uses of geology in society; the nature of rocks and minerals; the dynamic nature of our planet is explored, including mountain building processes, volcanoes, faulting; plate tectonics; earthquakes; geologic time and surface land forming processes.

### GEOL-111 — Physical Geology Laboratory

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 54 hours lab; 54 hours total
- **Transfers to:** UC, CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/fall-2026/geol.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/geol.md)
- Prerequisites or Corequisites: Previous completion of or oncurrent enrollment in GEOL-110.

This is a laboratory course to supplement Geology 110. The course investigates minerals and rocks and includes the use of topographic maps and profiles as well as three-dimensional aerial photographs in analyzing landforms and geologic structures. The interpretation of geologic maps, cross sections and exercises on geologic processes are all included.