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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geoscience - Geology (GEGE) - BS Major

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77-82 S.H. (No minor required)

2.0 GPA required.

C grade or better required in GEOS 235 and above.

This major has six parts:

Part I: Entrance to the Major
Part II: Geoscience Core Courses - provides students with an overview of the fundamentals of the geosciences
Part III: Geoscience Focus Areas - provides students an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge in specific areas of study within the geosciences
Part IV: Geoscience Capstone - provides students with research experience and opportunities for professional development
Part V: Geoscience Electives - allows students to explore areas of interest in the geosciences
Part VI: Additional Requirements - provides students with an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of other scientific disciplines, all of which relate to the geosciences

PART I: Entrance to Geoscience Major (4-5 S.H.)

Choose one:

GEOS 113 - Natural Disasters with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 114 - Catastrophes and Extinctions with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 120 - Dynamic Earth with Laboratory (4 S.H.)
GEOS 199 - Introductory Geoscience Laboratory (1 S.H.) & one of the following: GEOS 100 ,
102
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
107
,
108
,
110
,
111
,
115
,
116
, or
121
(3-4 S.H.)
GEOS 215 - Earth & Space Systems (4 S.H.)

PART II: Geoscience Core Courses (19 S.H.)

GEOS 090 - Earth Talks Speaker Series (0 S.H.) (enrollment with a “P” grade required 6x prior to graduation, unless excused by the department chair)
GEOS 235 - Earth and Life Through Time (4 S.H.)
GEOS 301 - Field and Analytical Methods I (4 S.H.)
GEOS 305 - Minerals and Rocks (4 S.H.)
GEOS 309 - Watershed Science (4 S.H.)
GEOS 316 - Geographic Information Systems (3 S.H.)

PART III: Geoscience Focus Areas (22 S.H.)

Rocks & Tectonics (8 S.H.)

Choose two:

GEOS 360 - Structural Geology (4 S.H.)
△ GEOS 365 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 S.H.)
GEOS 435 - Optical Mineralogy and Petrology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 442 - Geophysics (4 S.H.)

Surface Processes (8 S.H.)

Choose two:

△ GEOS 375 - Planetary Geology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 415 - Advanced Geomorphology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 420 - Applied Hydrogeology (4 S.H.)
◆ GEOS 445 - Geochemistry (4 S.H.)

Broader Perspectives (6 S.H.)

Select 6 S.H. from the following:

GEOS 325 - Environmental Geoscience (3 S.H.)
GEOS 335 - Global Climate Change (3 S.H.)
GEOS 345 - Dinosaur Field Palentology (4 S.H.)
◎ GEOS 385 - Geology of North America (3 S.H.)
GEOS 401 - Geological Field-Research Methods (2-4 S.H.)
GEOS 405 - Current Topics in Geoscience (1-4 S.H.)
◎ GEOS 416 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (4 S.H.)
△ GEOS 441 - Paleontology and Paleoecology (4 S.H.)
◎ GEOS 443 - Global Water Resources (4 S.H.)

PART IV: Geoscience Capstone (3-4 S.H.)

△ GEOS 470 - Geological Research Strategies (2 S.H.)
GEOS 475 - Geoscience Seminar (1 S.H.)

Additional Capstone Credits:

Students may elect to pursue additional capstone credits from:

GEOS 399 - Internship (1-3 S.H.)
GEOS 499 - Directed Research-Geoscience (1-3 S.H.)

PART V: Geoscience Electives (7-8 S.H.)

Choose 7-8 S.H. from the following, at least one must be 4 S.H. with lab:

Part III:   Rocks & Tectonics
              Surface Processes
              Broader Perspectives

Part IV: Geoscience Capstone

PART VI: Additional Requirements (21-24 S.H.)

Allied Science Requirements (18-20 S.H.)

Biology (4 S.H.)

BIOL 242 - Organismal Diversity (4 S.H.)

Chemistry (4 S.H.)

CHEM 212 - Principles of Chemistry I (4 S.H.)

Mathematics (6-8 S.H.)

Choose one group:

MATH 112 - Applied Precalculus (3 S.H.) AND
MATH 140 - Applied Calculus (3 S.H.)
OR
MATH 120 - Precalculus (4 S.H.) AND
MATH 212 - Calculus I (4 S.H.)
OR
MATH 212 - Calculus I
(4 S.H.) AND
MATH 213 - Calculus II (4 S.H.)

Physics (4 S.H.)

Choose one:

PHYS 201 - General Physics I (4 S.H.)
PHYS 221 - University Physics I (4 S.H.)

Allied Science Electives (3-4 S.H.)

Choose one:

Biology

BIOL 241 - Basics of Life (4 S.H.)
BIOL 312 - General Ecology (3 S.H.) AND
BIOL 313 - General Ecology Laboratory (1 S.H.)

Chemistry

CHEM 213 - Principles of Chemistry II (4 S.H.)
CHEM 320 - Environmental Chemistry (4 S.H.)

Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 213 - Calculus II (4 S.H.)
◆ MATH 313 - Differential Equations (3 S.H.)
STAT 210 - Statistics (3 S.H.)

Physics

PHYS 202 - General Physics II (4 S.H.) OR
PHYS 222 - University Physics II (4 S.H.)
PHYS 223 - University Physics III (4 S.H.)

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement