Earth Sciences with a Specialization in Geology, B.S.

Requirements

Required Courses

ESCI 121	The Dynamic Earth	3
	or
ESCI 131	Environmental Geoscience	3
ESCI 125	The Dynamic Earth Laboratory	1
	or
ESCI 135	Environmental Geoscience Laboratory	1
ESCI 141	Earth and Life History	3
ESCI 145	Earth and Life History Laboratory	1
ESCI 221	Mineralogy	4
ESCI 223	Stratigraphy and Sedimentology	4
ESCI 290	Field Methods in Geology	2
ESCI 321	Structural Geology	4
ESCI 322	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology	4
ESCI 360	Research Methods in the Earth Sciences	1
ESCI 424	Geomorphology	4

In addition, 2 to 4 credits from ESCI 460 or 4 credits from an external geology field camp approved by the Department Chair are required.

The remaining 1 to 3 credits will be selected from:

ESCI 431	Introduction to Hydrogeology	4
ESCI 450	Environmental and Engineering Geology	3
ESCI 480	Internship in Earth Sciences	1 TO 3
ESCI 490	Topics in Earth Science	3 TO 4
	or
	other electives as selected in consultation with the student's advisor

In addition, the following are required:

CHEM 161	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 162	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 260	Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 201	Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory	1
MATH 152	Calculus I	4
MATH 221	Calculus II	4
PHYS 125	University Physics I	4
PHYS 126	University Physics II	4

Total Credit Hours: 36

A minor is not required.