Abstract
Because petrological processes in oceanic and continental domains occur largely in response to tectonic activities, teaching an undergraduate petrology course in a tectonic context is an effective way to convey the dynamic nature of crustal processes. Team-teaching the course allows each instructor to present material relevant to his or her area of research interests and to involve students in various aspects of ongoing research projects of the faculty. We try to teach students how to synthesize data and observations by combining traditional petrographic and hand-sample analysis with modern quantitative techniques of petrology (including computer modeling and graphical analysis) and to make interpretations about the spatial and temporal variation of crustal processes in the context of the evolution of characteristic petrotectonic environments.
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