Geosciences
Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Geology
Bachelor of Science in Education with a Major in Earth Science
Environmental Geology Minor
Geology Minor (non-teaching)
Earth Science Minor (teaching)
Geology Concentration
Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Geology (128 CR)
General Education (39 cr)
Geology majors are required to take the following courses which may be used to help satisfy General Education requirements:
- CHEM 121/121L General Chemistry I (5)
- MATH 107 Precalculus (4)
Required Geology Courses (41 cr)
- GEOL 105 Physical Geology (4)
- GEOL 106 Historical Geology (4)
- GEOL 210 Minerals and Rocks (3)
- GEOL 305 Methods in Mineralogy and Petrology (2)
- GEOL 310 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (3)
- GEOL 311 Paleontology (4)
- GEOL 321 Hydrogeology (3)
- GEOL 322 Geomorphology (4)
- GEOL 361 Structural Geology (4)
- GEOL 411 Field Geology (6)
- GEOL 471 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (4)
Required Support Course (4 cr)
- SCI 240 Research Methods (2)
- SCI 480 Seminar (2)
Second Major/Minor/Concentration(s)/Electives (44 cr)
All transfer course work must be approved by the Geoscience program before it will be accepted for substitution into the geology major.
It is strongly recommended that geology majors in the BA curriculum select a minor and/or concentrations from the following: chemistry, physics, environmental geology, mathematics, or computer science.
Bachelor of Science in Education with a Major in Earth Science (132 cr)
General Education (39 cr)
Required Geology Courses (34 cr)
- GEOL 105 Physical Geology (4)
- GEOL 106 Historical Geology (4)
- GEOL 210 Minerals and Rocks (3)
- GEOL 305 Methods in Mineralogy and Petrology (2)
- GEOL 310 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (3)
- GEOL 311 Paleontology 4)
- GEOL 321 Hydrogeology (4)
- GEOL 322 Geomorphology (4)
- GEOL 323 Global Climate Change (3)
- GEOL Electives (4) (may include GEOG 334)
Required Support Courses (37 cr)
- CHEM 121/121L General Chemistry I (5)
- CHEM 122/122L General Chemistry II (5)
- CSCI 101 Introduction to Computer Science (3)
- MATH 107 Precalculus (4)
- PHYS 110 Astronomy (4)
- MATH 240 Applied Statistics (4)
- SCI 240 Research Methods (2)
- SCI 480 Seminar (2)
- Elect one BIOL (4 cr), and one PHYS (4 cr) course (may not include PHYS 110) (8)
Professional Education Sequence (37 cr)
- ED 250 Foundations of Education (2)
- ED 260 Educational Psychology (2)
- ED 320 Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment (3)*
- ED 380 Technology in Teaching (2)*
- ED 460 Managing the Learning Environment (2)*
- ED 470 Teaching Diverse Learners (2)*
- ED 493 Student Teaching (12)*
- SCI 391 Teaching Science in the Secondary School (3)*
- SPED 110 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
- SS 283 Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in America (3)
- Elect one of the following (3 cr)
- PSY 255 Child and Adolescent Psychology (3)
- PSY 352 Adolescent Psychology (3)
* Requires admittance to Teacher Education.
All transfer course work must be approved by the Geoscience program before it will be accepted for substitution into the earth science major.
It is recommended that earth science majors elect minors in additional fields of scienc
Environmental Geology Minor (27-28 cr)
Without a Geoscience major (27-28 cr):
- GEOL 105 Physical Geology with lab (4)
- GEOL 210 Minerals and Rocks (3)
- GEOL 260 Energy Resources (3)
- GEOL 321 Hydrogeology (3)li>
- GEOL 322 Geomorphology (4)
- GEOL 331 Soils (4)
- Elect one of the following (3-4 cr)
- GEOL 340 Aqueous Geochemistry (3)
- CHEM 380 Environmental Chemistry (4)
- GEOL 421 Applied Hydrogeology (3)
With a Geoscience major (24-25 cr):
- GEOL 220 Introduction to GIS (3)
- GEOL 260 Energy Resources (3)
- GEOL 300 Geologic Field Methods (3)
- GEOL 331 Soils (4)
- GEOL 323 Global Climate Change (3)
- Elect one of the following (3-4 cr)
- GEOL 340 Aqueous Geochemistry (3)
- CHEM 380 Environmental Chemistry (4)
- GEOL 421 Applied Hydrogeology (3)
- CHEM 122/122L General Chemistry II (5)
Geology Minor (Non-Teaching ) (27 cr)
- GEOL 105 Physical Geology (4)
- GEOL 106 Historical Geology (4)
- GEOL 210 Minerals and Rocks (3)
- GEOL 300 Geologic Field Methods (3)
- GEOL 471 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (4)
- GEOL Electives numbered 200 or above (9)
Earth Science Minor (Teaching ) (23 cr)
- GEOL 105 Physical Geology with lab (4)
- GEOL 106 Historical Geology with lab (4)
- GEOL 210 Rocks and Minerals (3)
- GEOL 323 Global Climate Change (3)
- GEOL Electives numbered 200 or above (6)
- PHYS 110 Astronomy (4)
All transfer course work must be approved by the Geoscience program before it will be accepted for substitution into a Geology, Environmental Geology or Earth Science minor.
Geology Concentration (11 cr )
- Elect GEOL courses (11 cr)