本課程講授地層學的基本原理和最新的工作方法。學生可經由本課程接觸到地層學的各種單元，並且熟悉地層分析的方法。
本課程的內容綱要如下︰

Introduction
Stratigraphic systems and lithostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology
Borehole stratigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy
Chemical stratigraphy
Correlation
Midterm
Synthesis
Seismic stratigraphy
Event straigraphy
Tectonostratigraphy
Sequence stratigraphy
Final

本課的教科書和參考書如下：

Textbook:
1.Boggs, S.,1995, Priciple of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy(2nd ed.), Prentice-Hall, New Jersey,774 p.
2.Salvador, A., ed.,1994, Internationasl Stratigraphic Guide(2nd ed.), IUGS Commission on Stratigraphy, 214 p.

Reference books:
1.Prothero, D., 1990, Interpreting the Stratigraphic Record: Freeman & Company, New York, 410 p.
2.Krumbein, W. C., and L. L. Sloss, 1963, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, Freeman, San Francisco, 660 p.