The Geology Curriculum is designed to meet the requirements of industry, graduate school and government. For the B.S. degree, the students are required to complete the Departmental requirements (49 credits) and the Supporting Requirements (23/24 credits) in addition to the CORE Program requirements.
The Department also requires that to receive a degree in geology, students must have a C or better grade in the required geology courses, and C average or better in the supporting courses.
CORE Program: 46 credits
Departmental Requirements: 49 credits
Supporting Requirements: 23/24 credits
RESOURCES AND ANCILLARY PROGRAMS
GEOLOGY COURSES:
One of the following: 4 credits
REQUIRED COURSES:
Geology core: 49 credit hours
SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Required Courses:
- One of the following:
- CHEM 131/2 - Chemistry I - Fundamentals of General Chemistry and laboratory (4)
- CHEM 135/6 - Chemistry for Engineers and laboratory (4)
- MATH 140 - Calculus I (4)
- MATH 141 - Calculus II (4)
- PHYS 141 - Principles of Physics (4)
One of the following: 3-4 credits
- PHYS 142 - Principles of Physics (4)
- BIOM 301 - Introduction to Biometrics (3)
- Either of GEOL 444, GEOL 445, not already completed to meet the requirements above or any other 300 or 400 level Geology course not listed above
Supporting requirements: 23-24 credit hours
OTHER REGULAR GEOLOGY COURSE OFFERINGS
