Major Requirements

COURSEWORK

The following courses (13) are required for completion of the major program in the Department of Geology:

Fundamental Coursework:

GEO 105	Earth: Our Environment	4 units
Or
GEO 106	Earth and the Human Future	4 units
And
GEO 220	Earth Materials	4 units
GEO 225	Earth: A field perspective	4 units
GEO 245	Earth's Climate: Past and Future	4 units
GEO 315	Sedimentary Geology	4 units
GEO 315L	Sedimentary Geology Laboratory	1 unit
GEO 324	Advanced Field Mapping	2 units
GEO 325	Structural Geology	4 units
GEO 325L	Structural Geology Laboratory	1 unit
GEO 345	Petrology	4 units
GEO 345L	Petrology Laboratory	1 unit
GEO 391	Research Methods	2 units
GEO 491	Senior Seminar	2 units

Electives

Students must select an additional four courses from the list below, one of which may be a 200-level course. Geo 390 (Special Topics) may be taken multiple times as course content varies. 

 

GEO 215	Evolution of the Earth	4 units
GEO 235	Global Geophysics and Tectonics	4 units
GEO 255	Remote Exploration of Earth	4 units
GEO 342	Geomorphology	4 units
GEO 355	Paleomagnetism	4 units
GEO 390	Special Topics in Geology	4 units

Mathematics Component:

Choose one option:

Option 1-

MATH 120

Calculus 2

4 units

Or department approved equivalent.

Option 2-

MATH 110	Calculus 1	4 units
And
	Department-approved statistics course	4 units