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 “Electives ” 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

GEOS 100 - Minnesota’s Rocks and Waters (3 S.H.)
GEOS 102 - Resources of the Earth (3 S.H.)
GEOS 103 - Natural Disasters (3 S.H.)
GEOS 104 - Catastrophes and Extinctions (3 S.H.)
GEOS 105 - Astronomy with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 106 - Astronomy (3 S.H.)
GEOS 107 - Geology in the National Parks (3 S.H.)
GEOS 108 - Geology of the Mississippi River (3 S.H.)
GEOS 110 - Oceanography with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 111 - Oceanography (3 S.H.)
GEOS 115 - Meteorology with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 116 - Meteorology (3 S.H.)
GEOS 120 - Dynamic Earth with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 121 - Dynamic Earth (3 S.H.)
GEOS 199 - Dynamic Earth Laboratory (1 S.H.)

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