This peer instruction-based course covers the fundamentals of geoscience literacy, how the Earth works and how it’s various systems – the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere – interact to form our complex world.  many of the most complex and interesting scientific problems of this century, such as energy resources, water supply and climate change, require geologic thinking skills.  In this course, students explore the major areas of geoscience; read science journalism; analyze geological datasets; and create infographics to illustrate geologic processes.  The course focus on how life on the Earth evolved, how the solid and fluid earth functions and how humans interact with the Earth.  Students earn three college credit hours in geology for successful completion of this course.