May 15, 2024

2021-2022 Academic Catalog

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2021-2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology, BS Major

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Geology Major Requirements: (35 Hours in Geology)

GEOL 101 - Introduction to Geology Credit Hours: 4
or
GEOL 110 - Environmental Geology Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 104 - Earth History Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 301 - Mineralogy Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 302 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 303 - Sedimentary Petrology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 313 - Structural Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 322 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 495 - Literature Seminar Credit Hours: 2
GEOL 496 - Senior Research Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
MATH 140 - Practical Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 180 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 4
or
MATH 190 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
PHEN 101 - Conceptual Physics Credit Hours: 4
or
PHEN 121 - Classical Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Two From Among

GEOL 200 - Oceanography Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 220 - Landform Evolution Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 311 - Paleontology Credit Hours: 3

A Six Credit Summer Field Geology Course (Approved by the Department)

Recommended for Graduate School:

Calculus and 2 courses in each of physics and engineering (PHEN), biology (BIOL), world languages (FREN, GERM, SPAN).