Geology, Minor

Required Credit Hours: 21

Core Requirements:

Introductory Sequence:

One of the following options:

GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology Credits: (3)
and GEOL 160 - Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory Credits: (1) OR
GEOL 110 - Earth’s Environmental Systems: Physical Geography Credits: (3)
and GEOL 160 - Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory Credits: (1) OR
GEOL 150 - First-Year Seminar Credits: (4)
and GEOL 160 - Investigating the Earth: Introductory Geology Laboratory Credits: (1) OR
GEOL 250 - Geologic Evolution of Virginia Credits: (4)

Core Courses:

A minimum of 11 credits of core courses including:

Group A:

At least one course from Group A:

GEOL 315 - Hydrology Credits: (4)
GEOL 316 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (3)
GEOL 320 - Earth Surface Processes Credits: (4)
GEOL 327 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credits: (3)

Group B:

At least one course from Group B:

GEOL 324 - Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography Credits: (3)
GEOL 325 - Paleontology Credits: (3)
GEOL 322 - The Sedimentary Record Credits: (4)

Group C:

At least one course from Group C:

GEOL 323 - Earth Structure & Dynamics Credits: (4)
GEOL 321 - Rock-Forming Minerals Credits: (4)

Electives:

Six credits to be taken from the following options:

GEOL 203 - Age of Dinosaurs Credits: (3) or GEOL 207 - Planetary Geology Credits: (3) or GEOL 212 - Global Climate Change 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)
GEOL 421 - Marine Geology: Environments, Processes, and Records Credits: (3)
GEOL 305 - Environmental Geology Credits: (3)
GEOL 310 - Regional Field Geology Credits: (1-3)
GEOL 311 - Field Methods in the Earth Sciences Credits: (3)
GEOL 314 - Watershed Dynamics Credits: (4)
MSCI 401C - Fundamentals of Marine Geology Credits: (2)
MSCI 401R - Fundamentals of Marine Science Recitation Credits: (1)
(cannot be applied to minor if GEOL 421 applies to minor)

Note:

Additional core courses can be used for elective credits. Only one of the following courses can be used to count towards the minor: Age of Dinosaurs (GEOL 203), Planetary Geology (GEOL 207), and Global Climate Change (GEOL 212).