PROGRAM
OF EMPHASIS
Department: Geology
Title: Geology
The following courses are required: Total credit hours = 36
|
Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
|
GL 100 |
Introduction to Geology |
3 |
|
N |
|
|
GL 101 |
Introduction to Geology Lab |
1 |
Corequisite GL 100 |
N |
|
|
GL 202 |
Historical Geology |
3 |
GL 100 |
N |
|
|
GL 203 |
Historical Geology Lab |
1 |
GL 101 |
N |
|
|
GL 205 |
Paleobiology & Paleoecology of Invertebrates |
4 |
GL 202 or BI 113 |
N |
|
|
GL 210 |
Mineralogy |
4 |
one semester of chemistry |
N |
|
|
GL 300 |
Petrography |
4 |
GL 210 |
N |
|
|
GL 310 |
Structural Geology |
4 |
GL 202 & GL 203 |
N |
CW |
|
MA 130 |
Calculus I |
4 |
|
N |
QM |
Complete one of the following Chemistry paths
Option 1
|
CH 114 |
Intro. Physical Inorganic Chem. I |
4 |
|
N |
QS |
|
CH 115 |
Intro Physical Inorganic Chem II |
4 |
CH 114 |
N |
QS |
Option 2
|
CH 105 and |
Organic Chemistry Concepts I |
3 |
one year high school chemistry or permission |
N |
|
|
CH 106 and |
Organic Chemistry Concepts II |
3 |
CH 105, minimum grade C |
N |
|
The remaining courses needed
to total 52-60 semester hours (including all prerequisites) shall be chosen
from the lists below. The POE must include 18 credit hours of 300 or 400 level
courses.
Additional applied or advanced Geoscience Offerings:
|
GL 220 |
Geochemistry of Natural Water |
4 |
GL 100,101 & one year of chemistry including lab |
N |
|
|
GL 305 |
Hydrogeology |
3 |
GL 100, 101, 202, 203 & MA 130; & one year of chemistry |
N |
|
|
GL 307 |
Geophysics |
3 |
Gl 202 & Gl 203 |
N |
|
|
GL 315 |
Principles of Stratigraphy |
4 |
GL 202 & GL 203 |
N |
CW |
|
GL 399 |
Special Topics |
1-3 |
Variable |
N |
|
|
GL 400 |
Petrology of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks |
4 |
GL 300 |
N |
CW |
|
GL 401 |
Sedimentology |
4 |
GL 205& GL 300 & CH 114 |
N |
|
|
GL 450 |
Geology Research |
1-4 |
Permission |
N |
|
|
ESS 310 |
Hydrology I |
3 |
ESS 200 & GL 101 |
N |
QS |
Collateral Science Offerings:
|
MA 230 |
Calculus II |
4 |
MA 130 |
N |
QM |
|
PC 200 |
General Physics I* |
3 |
|
N |
QM |
|
PC 201 |
General Physics II* |
3 |
PC 200 |
N |
QM |
|
PC 206 |
Physics Lab I |
1 |
Corequisite PC 202 |
N |
|
|
PC 207 |
Physics Lab II |
1 |
Corequisite PC 203 |
N |
|
|
BI 113 |
Biology II** |
3 |
|
N |
|
|
BI 305 |
Biostatistics*** |
3 |
BI 222 & ESS 100 |
N |
QS |
|
ESS 330 |
Geographical Information Systems |
4 |
|
|
|
|
ESS 410 |
Hydrology II |
3 |
ESS 310 & MA 130 |
N |
QS |
*Introductory Physics I and/or II may
substitute
**Biology I may substitute
***Introduction to Probability and Statistics may substitute
Distinction in Geology
Eligibility
To become a candidate for distinction in Geology, the
student must have completed at least 28 credits in geology courses, at least 10
of which must be at the 300 level, and achieved a minimum 3.0 grade point
average in those courses taken in the geology department, by the end of the
junior year. Additionally, the student must be recommended as an honors
candidate by at least 2 Geology faculty.
Honors Requirements
To receive Distinction in the POE in Geology, the student must:
1. Pass both written and oral components of all parts, (A, B, and C) of Honors
exams, and
2. Successfully prepare, present, and defend an Honors Thesis.
Honors Exams
During her/his senior year, the student must pass an exam in one of the listed
topics (at the student's discretion) for each of the columns below:
|
Part A |
Part
B |
Part
C |
|
Sedimentary succession and process |
Mineralogy and crystal chemistry |
Structural geology and tectonics |
|
Paleoecology and evolution |
Igneous/Metamorphic assemblages and process |
Geology of water |
The student will have up to 1.5 hours
to complete the written component of each exam.
Geology faculty will evaluate each written exam.
If a written exam is acceptable, the student will then complete a 1 hour oral
examination by Geology faculty for the subject.
A student will be given no more than two attempts to pass both written and oral
components for each part of the exam.
Honors Thesis
The student must give a short, written Honors Thesis proposal to the Geology
faculty, no later than the mid-term of his/her first term of Senior
year. All Geology faculty must agree to, and sign off
on, the proposal.
Work directly related to the Honors Thesis must account for a minimum of 4
credit hours.
The Honors Thesis topic must address a specific geological problem, issue, or
concept; or a series of related problems, issues, or concepts.
The Honors Thesis may focus on one or any combination of the following and is
not meant to exclude work that may have been initiated prior to the fall
semester of the senior year:
|
|
field research |
The Honors Thesis must be reviewed and
approved by all Geology faculty and by at least one
The student will present the Honors Thesis in public forum, open to all
At the completion of the presentation, the student must adequately address and
answer questions presented by those in attendance regarding the Honors Thesis;
this constitutes the defense of the Honors Thesis.
The presentation and defense must be approved by the Honors Thesis Committee.
revised
7-06
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