Geology B.S. 2006-2007 Degree Requirements Checklist

73 semester hours

Required Courses from Geology (42 semester hours)

SEM/YR	Grade	Course	Course Title	Credits
		GEOL 111-111L	Understanding the Earth (with Lab)	4
		GEOL 112-112L	History of the Earth and Its Life	4
		GEOL 212	Earth Materials I: Minerals	4
		GEOL 320	Earth Materials II: Igneous/Metamorphic Rocks	4
		GEOL 330	Deformation of the Earth	3
		GEOL 340	Sedimentary Processes	3
		GEOL 342	Earth Surface Processes	3
		GEOL 370	Field Methods	3
		GEOL 495A-495B	Seminar (2 semesters)	2
AND twelve (12) additional semester hours in GEOL courses numbered 300 and above
		GEOL
		GEOL
		GEOL
		GEOL
		GEOL

Required Courses from Related Fields (31 semester hours)

SEM/YR	Grade	Course	Course Title	Credits
		CHEM 124-124L-124D	General Chemistry I (with Lab and Discussion)	5
		CHEM 125-125L-125D	General Chemistry II (with Lab and Discussion)	5
		PHYS 170-170L	General Physics I-Particles and Waves (with General Physics Lab)	5
		PHYS 171-171L	General Physics II-Electricity and Magnetism (with Lab)	5
		MATH 205	Calculus I	4
		MATH 206	Calculus II	4
		ENG 225	Writing for Science and Technology	3

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 30 hours at the 300- or 400-level

Earn at least a 2.0 ("C") grade in each course listed above under "Required Courses from Geology."

Minimum 2.0 GPA for all courses listed above (including "required courses from related fields".

Recommended Courses:

•  A course in oral communication, COM 251 (Public Speaking), is recommended.

•  Students preparing for graduate school should consider taking a summer field course in Geology and possibly MATH 300 (Ordinary Differential Equations), CS 150 (Introduction to Computer Science), or PHYS 260 (Computational Physics and Astronomy).

 Revised 2/2/07