Geoscience (GEOS) - Minor

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24-25 S.H.

2.0 GPA required.

Required Courses (11-12 S.H.)

GEOS 090 - Earth Talks Speaker Series (0 S.H.)
GEOS 120 - Dynamic Earth with Laboratory (4 S.H.) OR
GEOS 121 - Dynamic Earth (3 S.H.)
GEOS 235 - Earth and Life Through Time (4 S.H.)
GEOS 301 - Field and Analytical Methods I (4 S.H.)

Geoscience Electives (15 S.H.)

Choose electives from the Geoscience “” pool. Electives must include at least two laboratory courses numbered 300 or above. Electives may include one course from the Geoscience Introductory Pool (courses numbered 100 - 199) other than those listed as required above.

ELECTIVES POOL - GEOS (for all geoscience majors):

GEOS 305 - Minerals and Rocks (4 S.H.)
GEOS 309 - Watershed Science (4 S.H.)
GEOS 316 - Geographic Information Systems (3 S.H.)
GEOS 325 - Environmental Geoscience (3 S.H.)
GEOS 335 - Global Climate Change (3 S.H.)
△ GEOS 365 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 S.H.)
◎ GEOS 385 - Geology of North America (3 S.H.)
GEOS 399 - Internship (1-3 S.H.)
GEOS 401 - Geological Field-Research Methods (2-4 S.H.)
GEOS 405 - Current Topics in Geoscience (1-3 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 415 - Advanced Geomorphology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 420 - Applied Hydrogeology (4 S.H.)
GEOS 435 - Optical Mineralogy and Petrology (4 S.H.)
△ GEOS 441 - Paleontology and Paleoecology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 442 - Geophysics (4 S.H.)
◎ GEOS 443 - Global Water Resources (4 S.H.)
GEOS 450 - Travel Study in Costa Rica (3 S.H.)
△ GEOS 470 - Geological Research Strategies (2 S.H.)
GEOS 499 - Directed Research-Geoscience (1-3 S.H.)

GEOSCIENCE INTRODUCTORY POOL - GEOS

Course(s) Unique to Minor

WSU policy requires a minor contain at least one course that is unique to the minor and not used in the major or additional requirements.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement