COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
EARTH SCIENCE
Advisor: Dr. R. V. Krishnamurthy
Rm 1131 Rood Hall
Phone: 269-387-5501
Email: r. v. Krishnamurthy@wmich.edu
The earth science major and minor program is a broad and flexible course of instruction for students anticipating careers in conservation, related professions, state and federal parks and planning agencies. The program is interdisciplinary in nature and offers students an opportunity to select earth science and related courses from the departments of geosciences, engineering, biological sciences, geography, chemistry, physics and others. Courses are selected in consultation with the earth science advisor in order to design programs, which will satisfy the students' needs and professional objectives. Thirty-six semester hours for the major and twenty-one semester hours for the minor are to be selected from the following disciplines. A core of 19 credit hours in Geosciences is required for a major including GEOS 438 and GEOS 460. The minor requires a minimum of 15 credit hours in geology including GEOS 130, GEOS 131, GEOS 132, and GEOS 301.
Required Core Course |
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Required Course |
Course no. |
Cr Hrs |
Semester |
| Physical Geology | GEOS 130 |
4 |
F SP |
| Historical Geology | GEOS 131 |
4 |
F SP |
Integrated Earth Systems |
GEOS 132 |
3 |
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| Minerals and Rocks | GEOS 301 |
4 |
SP |
OR the following 3 courses |
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Mineralogy |
GEOS 335 |
4 |
F |
| Optical Mineralogy | GEOS 336 |
3 |
F |
| Petrology and Petrography | GEOS 440 |
3 |
SP |
Majors only |
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| Geologic Communications | GEOS 460 |
1 |
F SP |
| Field Studies in Geology | GEOS 438 |
3 |
SU |
Geology Electives |
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| Geology of National Parks | GEOS 312 |
3 |
F SP |
| Ocean Systems | GEOS 322 |
3 |
F SP SU |
| Intro to Hydrogeology | GEOS 412 |
3 |
F |
| Structural Geology | GEOS 430 |
3 |
F |
| Geomorphology | GEOS 432 |
3 |
SP |
| Invert Paleontology | GEOS 433 |
4 |
SP |
| Sed. and Strat. | GEOS 435 |
4 |
F |
| Plate Tectonics | GEOS 530 |
3 |
F AY |
| Glacial Geology | GEOS 536 |
3 |
SP AY |
| Environmental Geology | GEOS 545 |
3 |
F |
| Intro to Geophysics | GEOS 560 |
3 |
F |
Common electives in Biology (BIOS), and Geography (GEOG)
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Additional Requirements
A college level chemistry course (110/111) and a college level physics course (107/108 or 113/114) and MATH118.
The Baccalaureate Writing Requirement can be satisfied with GEOL 432 Geomorphology, G435 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy.
For more information send e-mail to: r. v. Krishnamurthy@wmich.edu