Discuss the processes that determine the evolution of the solid Earth system, combining views from the fields of tectonics, structural geology, and geodynamics. Understand the why of earthquakes, plate motions, subduction, orogeny, and lithospheric deformation including topography. Integrate geophysical and geological constraints from key regional settings to global scales to explore the links between theory and observations. Only one of the following may be counted: Geological Sciences 350T, 350L (Topic 1), 371T (Topic: Tectonic Geodynamics). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.