Geology Secondary Emphasis
Students whose major concentration area (e.g.
Environmental Science, History, Biology, Political Science, Communication, Business) may, nevertheless want to build a secondary
emphasis in Geology. They may do so
intending to emphasize disciplinary crossover (such as between modern and paleo ecology), to provide focus which will have marketing
value in some future career (e.g. natural resource planning or environmental
law), or simply to follow up on interest or predisposition for the outdoors.
The Geology Department wants to encourage and
facilitate such exploration in a way that is both supportive and provides some
meaningful guidelines for the inclusion of Geology as a secondary emphasis in a
POE title. We intend not to be too
prescriptive, realizing that some students may want breadth of exposure to the discipline
while others may be better served by more focused exploration. Students pursuing a secondary emphasis in
Geology must have a geology professor among their official advisors. This advisor will work with the student in
selecting those courses and planning the sequencing that will best serve the
student’s needs.
Students with a secondary emphasis in Geology
must incorporate the following 8 credits in their POE:
|
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 202 |
N |
|
Students must accumulate at
least 14 additional credits from among the following with at least 11of those
credits coming from
“professional” geology offerings:
|
GL 213 |
Mineral Economics,
Politics & Law |
3 |
|
I or CA II |
|
Professional Geology offerings
below:
|
GL 205 |
Paleobiology & paleoecology of
invertebrates |
4 |
GL 202 & GL 203
or BI 113 |
N |
|
|
GL 210 |
Mineralogy |
4 |
one semester of chemistry |
N |
|
|
GL 220 |
Geochemistry of Natural Water |
4 |
GL 100 and one year of chemistry |
N |
|
|
GL 300 |
Petrography |
4 |
GL 210 |
N |
|
|
GL 305 |
Hydrogeology |
3 |
GL 202 & GL 203; one year of chemistry;
MA 130 |
|
|
|
GL 310 |
Structural Geology |
4 |
GL 202 & GL 203 |
N |
|
|
GL 315 |
Principles of Stratigraphy |
4 |
GL 202 & GL 203 |
N |
CW |
|
GL 401 |
Sedimentology |
4 |
GL 205; GL 300; and one year of chemistry |
N |
|
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