The course takes common geoscience landscapes as the main line, based on some classic cases, explores the scientific causes of various geoscience landscapes, introduces the relationship between them and the natural geographical and geological environment, further analyzes their natural aesthetic characteristics, and focuses on discussing the relevant landscape culture. The basic knowledge of geological geomorphology is integrated into the cause analysis of geoscience landscape, the natural aesthetics of all kinds of geoscience landscape is analyzed from the basic aesthetic point of view, and the humanistic connotation value of geoscience landscape is discussed with the history, allusion, literature, religion, military, folk culture and calligraphy, painting, sculpture art attached to the landscape. Through the integration of natural science and Humanities and Social Sciences, the educational value and function of the infiltration of culture and theory should be embodied; the course audience can understand the formation of geoscience landscape while appreciating the beauty of natural landscape, improve the cultural taste and aesthetic taste of geoscience landscape appreciation, so as to improve the humanistic quality and scientific literacy.
This course is a popular science course integrating Earth Science, humanities and social sciences. It is both knowledgeable and interesting, trying to be simple and simple. The course audience is mainly for students in middle school to college, and it is suitable for the public with certain cultural level. This course is the second batch of Chongqing top-quality online open courses. In November 2018, it won the 1st Prize Course of First China's Top 100 Admired MOOCs. In December 2020, this course won the honor of the national top-class courses.
