| Required Courses |
Course Number |
Credit Hours |
|
|
| Geoscience Requirements (19 credits) |
| Physical Geology |
GEOS 1300 |
4 |
| Historical Geology |
GEOS 1300 |
4 |
| Integrated Earth System Studies |
GEOS 1320 |
3 |
| Mineralogy |
GEOS 3350 |
4 |
| Introduction to Geochemistry |
GEOS 5550 |
3 |
| Geologic Communication |
GEOS 4600 |
1 |
|
| Chemistry Requirements (12 credits) |
| General Chemistry I with Lab |
CHEM 1100, 1110 |
4 |
| General Chemistry II with Lab |
CHEM 1120, 1130 |
4 |
| Quantitative Analysis with Lab |
CHEM 2250, 2260 |
4 |
|
| Math Requirements (8 credits) |
| Calculus I |
MATH 1220 |
4 |
| Calculus II |
MATH 1230 |
4 |
|
| Geosciences Electives (Choose at least 9 credits) |
| Optical Mineralogy |
GEOS 3360 |
3 |
| Sedimentation and Stratigraphy* |
GEOS 4350 |
4 |
| Petrography and Petrology |
GEOS 4400 |
3 |
| Introduction to Soils |
GEOS 5060 |
3 |
| Stable Isotopes |
GEOS 5020 |
3 |
| Principles of Hydrogeology |
GEOS 5120 |
3 |
| Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring |
GEOS 5280 |
1 |
| Hazardous Waste Remediation |
GEOS 5450 |
3 |
| An approved Field Course (to count for not more than 3 credits of total electives) |
|
Math, General Science Electives
(Choose at least 11 credits, cannot all be in the same department) |
| Mechanics and Heat |
PHYS 2050 |
4 |
| Mechanics and Heat Lab |
PHYS 2060 |
1 |
| Electricity and Light |
PHYS 2070 |
4 |
| Electricity and Light Lab |
PHYS 2080 |
1 |
| Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory |
PHYS 3300 |
3 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology |
BIOS 1500 |
4 |
| Organismal Biology |
BIOS 1510 |
4 |
| Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
BIOS 2320 |
4 |
| Ecology |
BIOS 3010 |
4 |
| Multivariate Calculus & Matrix Algebra |
MATH 2720 |
4 |
| Differential Equations and Linear Algebra |
MATH 3740 |
3 |
| Statistical Methods |
STAT 3640 |
4 |
|
|
| Chemistry Electives (Choose at least 9 credits) |
| Introduction to Organic Chemistry |
CHEM 3700 |
3 |
| Introduction to Organic Chemistry Lab |
CHEM 3710 |
1 |
| Organic Chemistry I |
CHEM 3750 |
3 |
| Organic Chemistry I Lab |
CHEM 3760 |
1 |
| Organic Chemistry II |
CHEM 3770 |
3 |
| Organic Chemistry II Lab |
CHEM 3780 |
1 |
| Physical Chemistry I |
CHEM 4300 |
3 |
| Physical Chemistry I Lab* |
CHEM 4360 |
2 |
| Physical Chemistry II |
CHEM 4310 |
3 |
| Physical Chemistry II Lab |
CHEM 4370 |
1 |
| Topics in Chemistry |
CHEM 5090 |
3 |
| Instrumental Methods in Chemistry |
CHEM 5200 |
3 |
| Techniques in Water Analysis |
CHEM 5250 |
2 |
| Biogeochemistry |
CHEM 5400 |
3 |
| Biochemistry I |
CHEM 5500 |
3 |
|
| Notes: |
| (1) Either CHEM 3700/3710 OR CHEM 3750-3780 will count toward major |
| (2) *=fulfills writing requirement |
| (3) An outside Geology field camp is strongly recommended |