Welcome to My Online Teaching Page(s)

Miramar College
Earth Campus (online)
Geology 100 - Physical Geology
at Marble View, Kaibab National Forest
Preliminary syllabi and schedules for Fall 2024: Revised 11 October 2024
Fall 2024, first 8-week session
August 19 - October 12 (CRN 74345)
Fall 2024, second 8-week session
August 19 - October 12 (CRN 73289)
Intro PPT
Introductory PowerPoint: revised 19 July 2024
PDF of slides

Welcome Video, shot 12/30/16 at the VLA in New Mexico: (need to get a round tuit)
(new window)
Online Orientation
SDCCD Online Learning Pathways (Click HERE for more info).
Technical Requirement for Online Learning
SDCCD Canvas login
General Geology Text Books:
The Text 'specs':text-specs.html (new window)


  • Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology 13th, 12th or 11th edition, or earlier, By Tarbuck, Lutgens and Tasa. (Current edition is the 13th edition, but the earlier editions are still very good! Example: used 11th ed. from ABE Books for $8.38) OR
  • An Introduction to Geology, FREE (Salt Lake Community College)
    https://opengeology.org/textbook/
    (new window)

NOTE: regardless of which text you might choose to use, you MUST buy the MyLab and Mastering access code from the Miramar College bookstore for $58.82, which includes the etext by default.

Optional Regional Geology Resource Books:

The Rise and Fall of San Diego: 150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks, Patrick L. Abbott, 1999, Sunbelt Publications.
ISBN: 0-932653-31-6

A few videos students may have seen in my classes:

Go to https://teaching.geology-guy.com/videos.htm (new window)

Earth Revealed Video Study Guides:

Go to https://geolecture.geology-guy.com/earth_revealed/ (new window)

Powerpoint Presentations (HTML & PDF versions) based on Earth 12th Edition, by Tarbuck, Lutgens & Tasa

Go to https://powerpoints.geology-guy.com (new window)
Geo-Poetry: Summaries of each of the text's chapters, in haiku form:
self-running PowerPoint
PDF
Check out my geology web site E-mail address:
philfarq AT gmail.com
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Revised 11 October 2024