Required Course

Course no.

Cr Hrs

Semester

Physical Geology 

GEOS 130

4

F,S

Historical Geology 

GEOS 131

4

S

Minerals and Rocks  

GEOS 301

4

S

or 335 Mineralogy  

4

F

Structural Geology  

GEOS 430

3

F

Geomorphology  

GEOS 432

3

S

Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 

GEOS 435

4

F

Geologic Mapping 

GEOS 439

3

SU I

Geologic Communications

GEOS 460

1

F,S

Principles of Hydrogeology  

GEOS 512

3

F

Hazardous Waste Remediation  

GEOS 545

3

S

(GEOS 545 replaces GEOS 544 Winter 2003)

Environmental Geology  

GEOS 544

3

S

Introduction to Geophysics  

GEOS 560

3

F

Students must elect two (2) of the following courses:

Introduction to Soils  

GEOS 506

3

F

Glacial Geology  

GEOS 536

3

Alt Yr-SU I

Shallow Exploration Geophysics 

GEOS 562

3

Alt Yr

Electrical Methods  

GEOS 563

3

Alt Yr

Field Geophysics 

GEOS 564

3

Alt Yr-SU I

Comp. Geodata Handling & Mapping  

GEOG 567

4

F

Remote Sensing of the Environment 

GEOG 582

3

F, S

Water Quality 

PAPR 348/349

3

Wastewater Treat Sys 

PAPR 353

4

Capstone Course

Surface Geophysics 

GEOS 525

1

SU II

Prin/Prac of Aquifer Testing 

GEOS 526

1

SU II

Prin of Well Drilling & Install. 

GEOS 527

1

SU II

Prin/Prac of GW Samp & Monitoring 

GEOS 528

1

SU II

Required Supporting Courses

Mathematics

Calculus I 

MATH 122

4

Calculus II 

MATH 123

4

Physics

Mechanics and Heat 

PHYS 205

4

Mechanics and Heat Laboratory 

PHYS 206

1

Electricity and Light 

PHYS 207

4

Electricity and Light Laboratory 

PHYS 208

1

Students who have taken Physics 113/114, and 115/116 or their equivalent will be required to take Physics 214 (1 hr) and Physics 215 (1 hr).

Chemistry

General Chemistry I 

CHEM 110

3

General Chemistry Laboratory I 

CHEM 111

1

General Chemistry II 

CHEM 112

3

General Chemistry Laboratory II 

CHEM 113

1

Introduction to Organic Chemistry 

CHEM 370

3

Introduction to Organic Chemistry Lab 

CHEM 371

1

Computer Science

Computer Science I 

(will substitute w/ GIS, CAD, Graphics)

CS 111

4

Minors

Students must elect one of the following minors: Group Science for Geology Majors, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, or Physics.

Recommended Additional Courses:

Quantitative Analysis 

CHEM 225

3

Quantitative Analysis Laboratory 

CHEM 226

1

Techniques in Water Analysis 

CHEM 525

3

Statistical Methods 

STAT 364

4

Programming in FORTRAN 

CS 201

2

Public Speaking 

COM 104

3

Interpersonal Communication 

COM 170

3

A minimum of a "C" is required in each of the required Geology courses and a "C" average in all cognate courses.