GEOL - Geology
The Natural Sciences and Kinesiology Department offers lecture and laboratory courses. The diverse courses in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, geology, and physics target both non-major and major tracks.
Students that are not majoring in the sciences are expected to meet 6 hours of science lecture courses for their LCC core requirements. It is strongly advised for the students to verify the requirements set by the receiving institution they plan to attend. Although 6 hours equate to two lecture courses, it is recommended that non-majors take the laboratories that are required for their receiving institution. Many receiving institutions expect non-majors to take two science lectures and two science laboratories. Students that are majoring in the sciences are also expected to meet 6 hours of science lecture courses for their LCC core requirements; however, as science majors the laboratory is expected to be taken concurrently with the lecture.
Please note that lecture courses are part of LCC institutional core requirements while labs will be counted as elective hours. On the same note, it is crucial that the student inform the advisors of the receiving institution they plan to attend. It is for this reason that science lectures and laboratories are recommended to be taken during the same semester.
If a student enrolls for both the lecture and lab and is not being successful in one, then the student is able to drop the course they are being unsuccessful in and remain in the passing course. In a subsequent semester, the student can enroll for only the lecture or lab they were unsuccessful in, however they may not register for the succeeding course. For example, if a student passes only GEOL 1101 (lab) and not GEOL 1301 (lecture), then they can remain in GEOL 1101 (lab) within the semester and in a subsequent semester take GEOL 1301 (lecture). Science lectures (3 hours) when dropped will receive a ‘W’ but the science laboratory (1 hr) will not count against the 6 drop limit.