Geology, B.S. Major, Geology Track (Class of 2021 and beyond)
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 | |
| GEOL 180 | Iceland: Geology and Natural History of a Young Island | |
No more than one 100-level interim course may count as either the Physical Geology or Earth History course.
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 | |
No more than one 100-level interim course may count as either the Physical Geology or Earth History course.
Additional required courses:
| GEOL 200 | Earth and Planetary Materials | |
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| GEOL 205 | Oceanography | |
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| GEOL 315 | Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography | |
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| 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 technical electives from an approved list with at least one geology course and no more than one approved 100-level course. | |
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| MATH 125 | Modeling and Differential Calculus | |
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| MATH 186 | Applied Statistics | |
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| MATH 161 | Calculus I | |
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| MATH 162 | Calculus II | |
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| MATH 161 | Calculus I | |
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| MATH 186 | Applied Statistics | |
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| CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I | |
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| CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II | |
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| GEOL 321 | Geochemistry | |
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| PHYS 111 | General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics | |
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| PHYS 131 | Physics I: Mechanics | |
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| PHYS 151 | Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics | |
Department approved technical electives: With at least one 200-level or above geology course.
This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.