Lucas Gascard

• Vice President & Founding Member, AEG Boone Student Chapter
• Member, American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
• Member, Appalachian State GES Club (2022–2025)
• Member, GES Student Community Building Committee

Field & Mapping Techniques

• Summer Field Geology – Field mapping, cross-sections, geologic synthesis
• Introduction to Geology Field Methods – GPS mapping, cross-sections, field reporting

Mineralogy, Petrology & Rock Analysis

• Petrology and Petrography – Microscopic analysis, igneous and metamorphic classification
• Fundamentals of Mineralogy – Crystallography, optical mineralogy, XRD and microprobe

Stratigraphy & Structural Interpretation

• Sedimentology and Stratigraphy – Facies analysis and sediment classification
• Principles of Structural Geology and Tectonics – Faults, folds, tectonic interpretation

Quantitative & Environmental Methods

• Multivariate Data Analysis – PCA/PCoA and other multivariate methods for geoscience data
• Quantifying Environmental Change – Paleoenvironment proxies and modeling
• Analytical Physics – Applied mechanics for geophysical foundations

Core Geoscience Foundations

• Foundations of Physical Geology – Introduction to rocks, minerals, and processes
• Evolution of the Earth – Maps, mineral ID, regional case studies

Additional Science & Math

• Calculus with Analytic Geometry
• Introduction to Statistics
• Chemistry I & II
• Evolutionary Biology