Geology, Environmental Geology Concentration, BS

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Required Credit Hours: 36

(or more, depending on options)

Major Computing Requirement:

GEOL 492 - Senior Research (1) or
GEOL 496 - Honors (3)

Major Writing Requirement:

Students must receive a grade of C- or better to satisfy the requirement.

GEOL 492 - Senior Research (1) or
GEOL 496 - Honors (3)

Core Requirements:

A core for all majors consisting of nine semester courses totaling 25 or more credits, which are:

GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology (3) or
GEOL 110 - Earth’s Environmental Systems: Physical Geography (3) or
GEOL 160 - Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory (1)
GEOL 320 - Earth Surface Processes (4)
GEOL 321 - Rock-Forming Minerals (4)
GEOL 322 - The Sedimentary Record (4)
GEOL 323 - Earth Structure & Dynamics (4)
GEOL 403 - Introduction to Geological Research I (1)
GEOL 404 - Introduction to Geological Research II (1)
GEOL 491 - Senior Research (3) and
GEOL 492 - Senior Research (1)
or
GEOL 495 - Honors (3) and
GEOL 496 - Honors (3)

Biology Requirements (Choose One):

BIOL 220 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution (3) or
BIOL 318 - Conservation Biology (3) or
BIOL 417 - Population and Community Ecology (4) or
BIOL 426 - Aquatic Ecology (4) or
BIOL 427 - Wetland Ecosystems (4)

Choose (two courses and associated laboratories) from the following list of five choices:

CHEM 103 - General Chemistry I (3) and
CHEM 103L - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CHEM 206 - Organic Chemistry I (3) and
CHEM 206L - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CHEM 308 - General Chemistry II for Life Sciences (3) and
CHEM 354 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
PHYS 101 - General Physics I (3) and
PHYS 101L - General Physics I Laboratory (1)
PHYS 102 - General Physics II (3) and
PHYS 102L - General Physics II Laboratory (1)

Additional Information:

A year of calculus, a year of chemistry, a year of physics, and a field camp experience are recommended for a career in the earth sciences.

The Environmental Geology Option:

Elective courses totaling at least eleven credits selected from:

GEOL 305 - Environmental Geology (3)
GEOL 310 - Regional Field Geology (1-3)
GEOL 312 - Weather, Climate, and Change (3)
GEOL 314 - Watershed Dynamics (4) or
GEOL 315 - Hydrology (4)
GEOL 316 - Environmental Geochemistry (3)
GEOL 427 - Surface Processes Seminar (1-3)
GEOL 428 - Geochemistry Seminar (1-3)
GEOL 429 - Hydrology Seminar (1-3)
INTR 204 - GIS In the Earth and Environmental Sciences (3)

Additional Information:

One of the courses must be GEOL 314 or GEOL 315 , but only one of GEOL 314 or GEOL 315 can be used to satisfy this requirement. Depending on the topic, GEOL 437 may be used to satisfy this requirement with permission of the chair.