Geology, B.S. Major, Geology Track

Requirements for Geology Track

The major consists of a minimum of 11 major courses and 5 collateral courses:

One course in Physical Geology:

GEOL 100	Introduction to Geology: From Fire to Ice
GEOL 110	Introduction to Geology: Environmental Geology
GEOL 120	Introduction to Geology: Geological Disasters-Agents of Chaos
GEOL 150	The Geologic Evolution of the Hawaiian Islands
GEOL 160	Geology from A (Arches) to Z (Zion): The Geology of National Parks in the Western United States
GEOL 170	Geological and Paleobiological Evolution of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands

One course in Earth History:

GEOL 115	Introduction to Geology: Earth-Evolution of a Habitable Planet
GEOL 130	Introduction to Geology: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and Deep Time
GEOL 160	Geology from A (Arches) to Z (Zion): The Geology of National Parks in the Western United States

Additional required courses:

GEOL 200	Earth and Planetary Materials
GEOL 205	Oceanography
	Or
GEOL 315	Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
GEOL 215	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOL 300	Earth Surface Processes
GEOL 307	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOL 317	Structure and Tectonics of the Earth
	Three department approved technical electives-with at least one 200-level or above geology course
MATH 125	Modeling and Differential Calculus
	And
MATH 186	Applied Statistics
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I
	And
MATH 162	Calculus II
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I
	And
MATH 186	Applied Statistics
CHEM 121	General Chemistry I
CHEM 122	General Chemistry II
	Or
GEOL 321	Geochemistry
PHYS 111	General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics
	Or
PHYS 131	Physics I: Mechanics
	Or
PHYS 151	Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Department approved technical electives: With at least one 200-level or above geology course.

The Common Course of Study is required.