GEOL104

Dinosaurs: A Natural History

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Dinosaurs, their evolution, and our understanding of their fossil record. Students will examine the geologic record and the tools used by paleontologists to determine: geologic ages and ancient environments; evolutionary history and extinctions; dinosaurian biology and behavior; and their survival as birds. Mechanisms of global change ranging from plate tectonics to asteroid impact will be discussed.

Fall 2025

Thomas Holtz

16 reviews
Average rating: 4.25

Past Semesters

Thomas Holtz

16 reviews
Average rating: 4.25

Thomas Holtz

16 reviews
Average rating: 4.25

Thomas Holtz

16 reviews
Average rating: 4.25

Thomas Holtz

16 reviews
Average rating: 4.25

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.00 between 789 students*

A-: 11.15%

A: 16.86%

A+: 14.7%

B-: 6.84%

B: 15.84%

B+: 10.52%

C-: 2.53%

C: 4.69%

C+: 4.82%

D-: 0.38%

D: 1.14%

D+: 1.39%

F: 1.77%

W: 6.08%

other: 1.27%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.