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2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology, Minor

Required Credit Hours: 21

(or more depending on choices)

Core Requirements:

A minor in geology requires seven courses distributed as follows:

GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology Credits: (3) or
GEOL 110 - Earth’s Environmental Systems: Physical Geography Credits: (3) or
GEOL 160 - Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory Credits: (1)

Two Courses From:

GEOL 320 - Earth Surface Processes Credits: (4)
GEOL 321 - Rock-Forming Minerals Credits: (4)
GEOL 322 - The Sedimentary Record Credits: (4)
GEOL 323 - Earth Structure & Dynamics Credits: (4)

Three Courses:

(with at least nine credits)
A course from the group above may be substituted for one from this group.

GEOL 303 - Age of Dinosaurs Credits: (3)
GEOL 305 - Environmental Geology Credits: (3)
GEOL 307 - Planetary Geology Credits: (3)
GEOL 310 - Regional Field Geology Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 311 - Field Methods in the Earth Sciences Credits: (3)
GEOL 312 - Global Climate Change Credits: (3)
GEOL 314 - Watershed Dynamics Credits: (4)
GEOL 315 - Hydrology Credits: (4)
GEOL 316 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (3)
GEOL 422 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credits: (3)
GEOL 423 - Paleontology Credits: (3)
GEOL 424 - Sedimentology Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 425 - Structural Geology Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 426 - Paleobiology Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 427 - Surface Processes Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 428 - Geochemistry Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 429 - Hydrology Seminar Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 437 - Special Topics Seminar Credits: (1-3)