Geological and Environmental Sciences
Geoscience Option  
For the Bachelor of Arts degree, the student majoring in Geology must complete a minimum 33 s.h. of required courses and an additional 18 s.h. in Geoscience Electives for a total of 51 s.h.  A minor is not required.
I. Required
s.h.
GEOL 505/1505L Physical Geology/Physical Geology Lab
4
GEOL 2605 Historical Geology
4
GEOL 3700 Mineralogy
4
GEOL 3701 Geomorphology
3
GEOL 3704/L Structural Geology and Lab
3
GEOL 3718 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology 4
GEOL 5802 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
3
     
 * Science Electives II (See list below)
8
MATH 1570 or 1571
Applied Calculus (or) Calculus I
4
(or)

STAT 3717 Statistical Methods
3
*Science Electives  
12
     
     
II. *12 s.h. from the following Science Electives

GEOL 2602 Introduction to Oceanography
3
GEOL 2615 Geology & the Environment 1
3
CHEM 1515/L, 1516/L General Chemistry 1,2 and Labs
4+4
PHYS 1501,1502 Fundamentals of Physics 1,2
4+4
BIOL 2601/L, 2602/L Principles of Biology I, II and Labs
4+4
ASTRO 2609 Moon & Planets
3
GEOG 2630 Weather
3
GEOG 3737 Soils and Land Use
3
ENST 2600 Foundations of Environmental Studies
3
     
III. Geoscience Electives    
**Upper-division Geology Courses 8
   

**GEOL 48XX Field Camp may count up to 3 s.h.
(The field camp is chosen in consultation with the advisor and the Department's Curriculum Committee.)

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