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Major in Geology (BA/BS)

CIP Code

40.0601

68-70 credits

Students are expected to have completed mathematics through MATH 112 or the high school equivalent as approved by the primary departmental advisor.

Required Courses

CHEM 111General Chemistry 1

4
CHEM 112General Chemistry 2

4
GEOL 101Planet Earth's Geological Environment

3
GEOL 105Laboratory in Physical Geology

1
GEOL 201Earth, Life, and Time

3
GEOL 207Environmental Geology - Geological/Geochemical Cycles

3
GEOL 220Earth Materials

3
GEOL 240Geomorphology

3
GEOL 290Computer Applications in the Geosciences

1
GEOL 308Sedimentary Geology

3
GEOL 310Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

3
GEOL 315Structural Geology

4
GEOL 350Physical Hydrology

3
GEOL 383Field Geology

6
PHYC 110General Physics 1

4
PHYC 112General Physics 2

4

12 credits from

GEOL 409Micropaleontology

3
GEOL 411Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

3
GEOL 412Sedimentary Petrology

3
GEOL 413Experimental Petrology

3
GEOL 416Geology of Hazards and the Environment

3
GEOL 420Oceanography

3
GEOL 425Geophysics

3
GEOL 434Applied Biostratigraphy

3
GEOL 435Sequence Stratigraphy

3
GEOL 440Karst Environments and Carbonate Geology

3
GEOL 461Hydrogeology

3
GEOL 462Environmental Geology in the Field and Laboratory

3
GEOL 470Groundwater Geochemistry

3
GEOL 471Volcanology and Volcanic Hazards

3
GEOL 475Glacial Geology

3
Total Credit Hours:12

4-6 credits from

MATH 161Applied Calculus 1

3
MATH 162Applied Calculus 2

3
MATH 165Calculus 1

4
Total Credit Hours:4-6

Total Credit Hours: 68-70

Skills in a modern foreign language are encouraged. Recommended minors include biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, economics, geography, mathematics, and natural resources.