Geological Sciences (B.S.)
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
CHEM 111L | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
ENGL 317 | Technical Writing | 3 |
GEOG 385 | GIS Primer | 3 |
GEOL 102 | Historical Geology | 3 |
GEOL 102L | Historical Geology Lab | 1 |
GEOL 249 | Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy | 4 |
GEOL 290 | Field Geology Methods | 3 |
GEOL 324 | Principles of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation | 4 |
GEOL 326 | Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology | 4 |
GEOL 345 | Structural Geology | 4 |
GEOL 422 | Principles of Geophysics | 4 |
GEOL 423 | Principles of Geochemistry | 3 |
GEOL 490 | Geology Field Camp | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
Physical Geology and Physical Geology Lab | ||
Physical Geology for Science Majors and Physical Geology for Science Majors Lab | ||
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
General Physics I and General Physics I Lab | ||
Engineering Physics I and Laboratory Physics I | ||
Options | ||
Select one of the following options: | 23-34 | |
Total Hours | 74-85 |
A. Physical Geology Option
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
GEOL 212 | Principles of Paleontology | 4 |
GEOL 335 | Geomorphology | 3 |
MATH 160 | Survey of Calculus | 4 |
or MATH 170 | Calculus I | |
Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Calculus II | ||
Linear Algebra | ||
Statistical Methods | ||
Advisor Approved Electives in Geology | 9 | |
Total Hours | 23-24 |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
B. Environmental Hydrogeology Option
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
GEOL 309 | Ground Water Hydrology | 3 |
GEOL 410 | Techniques of Groundwater Study | 3 |
MATH 170 | Calculus I | 4 |
MATH 175 | Calculus II | 4 |
STAT 251 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
or STAT 301 | Probability and Statistics | |
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
General Physics II and General Physics II Lab | ||
Engineering Physics II and Laboratory Physics II | ||
Select two electives electives from the following: | 6-8 | |
Geomorphology | ||
Earthquakes | ||
Geology and the Environment | ||
Geostatistics | ||
Chemical Hydrogeology | ||
Meteorology | ||
Climatology | ||
Quantitative Hydrogeology | ||
Environmental Hydrogeology | ||
Engineering Economy | ||
Calculus III | ||
Ordinary Differential Equations | ||
Linear Algebra | ||
General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory | ||
Carbon Compounds and Carbon Compounds Lab | ||
Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I: Lab | ||
Total Hours | 27-29 |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree
C. Geological Education Option
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
BIOL 115 | Cells and the Evolution of Life | 3 |
BIOL 115L | Cells and the Evolution of Life Laboratory | 1 |
GEOG 100 | Physical Geography | 3 |
GEOG 100L | Physical Geography Lab | 1 |
GEOG 401 | Climatology | 3 |
GEOL 212 | Principles of Paleontology | 4 |
GEOL 335 | Geomorphology | 3 |
MATH 160 | Survey of Calculus | 4 |
or MATH 170 | Calculus I | |
PHYS 103 | General Astronomy | 3 |
PHYS 104 | Astronomy Lab | 1 |
PLSC 205 | General Botany | 4 |
Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Calculus II | ||
Linear Algebra | ||
Statistical Methods | ||
Total Hours | 33-34 |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree