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Geology

Department: Geology

Core Courses

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
EES 101 Intro to Earth & Environmental Science
4
 
N
 
GL 100 Introduction to Physical Geology
3
ESS 100 or permission
N
 
GL 101 Intro to Physical Geology Lab
1
GL 100, pre or co-req.
 
GL 202 Historical Geology
3
GL 100 & GL 101
N
 
GL 203 Historical Geology Lab
1
GL 202 coreq
 
GL 210 Mineralogy
4
GL 100 & GL 101
N
 
GL 300 Petrography
4
GL 210
N
 
GL 310 Structural Geology
4
GL 202 & GL 203
N
CW
GL 389 Geology Professional Seminar
1
junior or senior standing
ESS 210 Water Resources I
3
ESS 100
N
 
MA 130 Calculus I
4

 
QM
CH 114 Intro Physical Inorganic Chemistry
4

 
N
QS
CH 115 Intro Physical Inorganic Chemistry II
4
CH 114
N
QS

Total credits = 40

Advanced electives and collateral science courses

Students must complete at least 12 credits from among those listed below:

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
ESS 310 Water Resources II
3
GL 100 & GL 101 & CH 115
N
QS
GL 304 Paleobiology& paleoecology of invertebrates
4
GL 202 & GL 203
N
 
GL 307 Geophysics
3
GL 202 & GL 203; MA 130 pre or coreq
N
GL 401 Sedimentology
4
GL 202 & GL 203; GL 210
N
CW
GL 450 Geology Research
1-6
Permission of instructor
N
 
ESS 330 Geographical Information
4
ESS 100
MA 230 Calculus II
4
MA 130
N
 
PC 200 General Physics I
3
 
N
QM
PC 206 Physics Lab I
1
PC 200 coreq
N
PC 201 General Physics II
3
PC 200
N
QM
PC 207 Physics Lab II
1
PC 201 coreq
N

 

 A statistics class
4
 

Capstone courses

Students must complete at least one of the following advanced courses as a capstone experience.

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
GL 400 Petrology of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks
4
GL 300
N
CW
GL 405 Stratigraphy
4
GL 202 & GL 203
N
CW

NOTES: Students with Geology POEs must include at least 21 credit hours at the 300/400 level from the lists above.

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