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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

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Geology Comprehensive Major, 54-59 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required

(depending on area of concentration)

CIP: 400601

Areas of Concentration

General Geology (55-59 hours)

Environmental Geology (54 hours)

General Geology Concentration

Required Courses

Geology Major Core Requirements (17)

GEOL 27440Stratigraphy

4
OR
GEOL 27530Sedimentology

4
 
GEOL 27450Structural Geology

4
GEOL 27540Paleontology

4
Geology Summer Field Camp (approved through institution)

6

Required Geology Electives

(one course from each group)

Group I
GEOL 27423Economic Geology

4
GEOL 27424Geochemistry

3
GEOL 27510Geomorphology

3
GEOL 27555X-Ray Analysis

3
GEOL 27560Optical Mineralogy

3
Group II
GEOG 32361Climatology

3
GEOG 32363Remote Sensing

3
GEOL 27335Physical Oceanography

3
GEOL 27340Intro To Hydrogeology

3
GEOL 27360Environmental Geology

4
GEOL 27515Environmental Regulations

2

Required Collateral Courses

MATH 17119Trigonometry

2
OR
any calculus course

2

Chemistry:

One course with laboratory beyond the directed General Education course; choose from:

CHEM 24114General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 24115Gen Chem I Lab

1
OR
CHEM 24116General Chemistry II

4
CHEM 24117Gen Chem II Lab

1
 
PHYS 25110General Physics I

3
PHYS 25111General Physics I Lab

1
AND
PHYS 25112General Physics II

3
PHYS 25113General Physics II Lab

1
 
OR
PHYS 25120Fund Classical Physics I

4
PHYS 25121Fund Classical Physics I Lab

1
AND
PHYS 25230Fund Classical Physics II

4
PHYS 25231Fund Classical Physics II Lab

1

Directed General Education Courses

MATH 17118College Algebra

3
 
CHEM 24112General Chemistry

3
CHEM 24113Gen Chem Lab

1
OR
CHEM 24114General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 24115Gen Chem I Lab

1
 
BIOL 04102General Biology

3
BIOL 04103General Biology Lab

1
OR
BIOL 04112General Botany

3
BIOL 04113General Botany Lab

1
OR
BIOL 04114General Zoology

3
BIOL 04115General Zoology Lab

1

Environmental Geology Concentration

Required Courses

Geology Major Core Requirements (17)

GEOL 27340Intro To Hydrogeology

3
GEOL 27360Environmental Geology

4
 
GEOL 27455Geologic Field Methods

3
OR
Field Camp in Geology, Hydrogeology, or Environmental Geology

3

Required Geology Electives (15)

(choose a combination to total 15 hours)

GEOL 27326Geology Of National Parks

3
GEOL 27335Physical Oceanography

3
GEOL 27423Economic Geology

4
GEOL 27424Geochemistry

3
GEOL 27440Stratigraphy

4
GEOL 27450Structural Geology

4
GEOL 27510Geomorphology

3
GEOL 27530Sedimentology

4
GEOL 27540Paleontology

4
GEOL 27555X-Ray Analysis

3
GEOL 27560Optical Mineralogy

3

Required Collateral Courses

(choose a combination to total 12 hours)

AGRI 03234Fund Of Soil Science

4
BIOL 04420Environmental Issues

4
 
CHEM 24242Organic Chemistry

3
AND
CHEM 24243Org Chem Lab

1
 
GEOG 32201Maps & Map Interp

3
GEOG 32207Gps Fundamentals

3
GEOG 32221Economic Geography

3
GEOG 32361Climatology

3
GEOG 32362Cartography

3
GEOG 32363Remote Sensing

3
GEOG 32365Geographic Infor Systems

3
GEOG 32501Conserv Natural Res

3
GEOG 32522Urban Geography

3
GEOG 32562Digital Cartography/Geovisual

3
GEOG 32563Digital Image Processing

3
GEOG 32565Adv Geog Infor Sys

3
GEOL 27515Environmental Regulations

2
MATH 17114General Statistics I

3

Directed General Education Courses

CHEM 24112General Chemistry

3
CHEM 24113Gen Chem Lab

1
OR
CHEM 24114General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 24115Gen Chem I Lab

1