Geology Major
B.S. in Geology – Curriculum Map 2017-2018 Catalog
Freshman | |||
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Fall | Cr. | Spring | Cr. |
CH 103 General Chemistry I | 4 | CH 104 General Chemistry II | 4 |
GL 110 Introduction to Geology (General Education Lab Science) | 4 | EN 102 Composition and Literature II | 3 |
EN 101 Composition and Literature I | 3 | GL 156 Introduction to Earth Evolution (General Education Lab Science) | 4 |
MA 107 Precalculus Mathematics (General Education Math) | 4 | MA 108 Applied Calculus (General Education Math) | 4 |
Semester Total Credits | 15 | Semester Total Credits | 15 |
Sophomore | |||
Fall | Cr. | Spring | Cr. |
EN 201 World Literature I (General Education Literature) | 3 | EN 202 World Literature II | 3 |
GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 | GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 |
GL 251 Sophomore Seminar in Geology | 1 | PS 202 General Physics II | 4 |
PS 201 General Physics I | 4 | Free Elective | 3-4 |
General Education Social Science | 3 | General Education Arts & Humanities | 3 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | ||
Semester Total Credits | 18-19 | Semester Total Credits | 17-18 |
Junior | |||
Fall | Cr. | Spring | Cr. |
GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 | GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 |
MA 232 Elementary Statistics | 3 | GL 340 Project Development in Geology | 1 |
Tech Elective2 | 3-4 | General Education Ethics3 | 3 |
General Education History | 3 | Tech Elective2 | 3-4 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | Free Elective | 3-4 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | ||
Semester Total Credits | 16-18 | Semester Total Credits | 17-20 |
Senior | |||
Fall | Cr. | Spring | Cr. |
GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 | GL 200 level Elective1 | 4 |
GL 440 Research Project in Geology (General Education Capstone) | 3 | GL 451 Geology Seminar (General Education Capstone) | 3 |
Tech Elective2 | 3-4 | GL 460 Project Completion in Geology | 1 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | Tech Elective2 | 3-4 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | Free Elective | 3-4 |
Free Elective | 3-4 | ||
Semester Total Credits | 16-19 | Semester Total Credits | 17-20 |
Total Credits For This Major: 131-144 |
1 | These six electives must include Sedimentation (GL 257), Structural Geology (GL 262), and Mineralogy (GL 263). |
2 | Technical Electives include courses in GL, ES, CH, BI, PS, MA (108 or higher), CS 140 or any CS 200-level course or any Engineering course. |
3 | PH 323 Environmental Ethics strongly recommended. |