A.B. in Geology with Concentration in Earth Systems

Contact person: Dr. Drew S. Coleman, undergraduate advisor in Geology

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Departmental requirements:

One of the following (students may receive credit for only one of 101/101L, 105/105L, 109/109L, and 111/111L):

GEOL 101, 101L Physical Geology (3 + 1 hours, fall and spring)

GEOL 103 The Marine Environment (3 hours, fall and spring)

GEOL 13, 13L The Violent Earth (3 + 1 hours, spring)

GEOL 16, 16L Prehistoric Life (3 + 1 hours, spring)

GEOL 18, 18L Earth, Climate and Life (3 + 1 hours, fall and spring)

GEOL 41 Physical Geology for Science Majors (4 hours, fall or spring).

All of the following:

MATH 30 Precalculus Mathematics (3 hours, fall or spring)

CHEM 11/11L General Decriptive Chemistry I with lab (4 hours, fall or spring)

GEOL 42 Earth Through Time (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. one of 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, or 41)

GEOL 52 Earth Materials (4 hours, fall; prereq. 11 or 41 or permission; prereq. or coreq. CHEM 11).

11 Credits of the following:

GEOL 006 First Year Seminar (3 hours, fall/spring).

GEOL 45 Earth#s Dynamic Systems (3 hours, spring; prereq. one of 11, 12, 13, 18, or 41).

GEOL 48 Environmental Geology (3 hours, fall/spring; prereq. one of 11, 12, 13, 18, or 41).

GEOL 49 Planetary Geology (3 hours, spring; prereq. one of 11, 12, 13, 18, or 41).

GEOL 53 Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks (4 hours, spring; prereq. 52 or permission)

GEOL 57 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 hours, spring; prereq. 11 or 41 or equiv. and 52)

GEOL 58 Structural Geology (4 hours, fall; prereq. one of 11, 12, 13, 18, or 41).

One of the following:

GEOL 128, 129 Summer Field Course in Geology (6 hours, first summer session; prereq. 52, 53, 57, and 58)

GEOL 137 Field Paleontology (4 hours; Fall, alternate years; prereq. 57 and one of 11, 16, 18, or 41)

ANTH 151 Field School in Archaeology (6 hours)

BIOL 195 Field Biology at Highlands Biological Station (4 hours; prereq. BIOL 11 or equiv. or permission)

MASC 138 Barrier Island Ecology and Geology (6 hours, summer; prereq. general biology or geology or permission)

GEOL 199 (6 hours over two semesters with a pre-approved field component)

At least three Geology or allied science courses from the following list:

GEOL 45 Earth's Dynamnic Systems (3 hours, spring; prereq. one intro geology course)

GEOL 46 Geology of North America (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. one intro geology course)

GEOL 48 Environmental Geology (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. one intro geology course)

GEOL 49 Planetary Geology: Meterorites and Asteroids (3 hours, spring; prereq. one intro geology course)

GEOL 101 Oceanography (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. two college-level natural science courses)

GEOL 111 Earth Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, spring; prereq. MATH 31, CHEM 21, PHYS 25 or 27, GEOL 41 or 45, or permission)

GEOL 112 Oceanic Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, spring; prereq. MATH 31, BIOL 11, CHEM 21, PHYS 25 or 27, GEOL 41 or 45, or permission)

GEOL 115 Biogeochemical Processes (4 hours, fall; prereq. MATH 31, BIOL 11, CHEM 51 or 61, PHYS 25 or 27, GEOL 41 or 45, or permission)

GEOL 116 Environmental Systems Modeling (3 hours, spring; prereq. MATH 83, prereq. or coreq. PHYS 25 or 27, or permission)

GEOL 125 Coastal Sedimentary Environments (3 hours, spring alternate years; prereq. GEOL 57)

GEOL 132 Invertebrate Paleontology (4 hours, Fall, alternate years; prereq. GEOL 16 or BIOL 11 or permission)

GEOL 138, 138L Geomorphology with lab (3 + 1 hours, fall; prereq. GEOL 11 or 41)

GEOL 142 Shallow Surface Geophysics (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. PHYS 24, 25 or 26, 27)

GEOL 145 Geochemistry (3 hours, spring; prereq. GEOL 11 or 41, CHEM 21, or permission)

GEOL 163 Applied Hydrology (3 hours, spring; prereq. GEOL 11 or 41, MATH 31, PHYS 25 or 26, or permission)

GEOL 188 Geological Oceanography (4 hours, fall; prereq. GEOL 11 or 41, or permission)

ANTH 43 Human Evolution and Adaptation (3 hours, fall and spring)

ANTH 110 Principles of Archaeology (3 hours, fall and spring)

ANTH 112 Paleoanthropology (3 hours, fall and spring)

ANTH 115 Human Genetics and Evolution (3 hours, fall or spring)

ASTR 31 Descriptive Astronomy (3 hours, fall and spring)

BIOL 54 Ecology and Population Biology (4 hours, fall, spring, and summer; prereq. grade C or better in BIOL 11 and CHEM 11)

ECON 10 Introduction to Economics (3 hours, fall and spring)

ENST 103 Ecologic Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, spring; prereq. MATH 31, BIOL 11 and 54, CHEM 21, PHYS 25 or 27, or permission)

ENST 104 Atmospheric Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, fall; prereq. MATH 31, CHEM 21, PHYS 25 or 27, GEOG 53, or permission)

GEOG 11 Weather and Climate (3 hours, fall and spring)

GEOG 53 Atmospheric Processes (4 hours, fall; prereq. MATH 31 and PHYS 24 or CHEM 21)

GEOG 70 Introduction to Geographic Information (3 hours, fall or spring)

GEOG 110 Fundamental Concepts of Physical Geography (3 hours, fall; prereq. GEOG 10 or equiv.)

GEOG 112 Synoptic Meteorology (3 hours, fall; prereq. GEOG 10 or 11)

GEOG 114 Physical Climatology (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. GEOG 10 or 11)

GEOG 116 Applied Climatology (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. GEOG 112 or 114)

GEOG 119 Terrain Analysis (3, spring and summer)

GEOG 140 Earth Surface Processes (3 hours, spring; prereq. GEOG 10 or GEOL 11)

GEOG 141 Introduction to Watershed Systems (3 hours, fall; prereq. GEOG 10)

GEOG 144 Landscape Biogeography (3 hours, fall or spring)

GEOG 177 Introduction to Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing (3 hours, fall; prereq. GEOG 70 or equiv.)

MASC 54 Introduction to Oceanographic Processes (4 hours, fall; prereq. MATH 31 and either PHYS 24 or CHEM 11)

MASC 104 Biological Oceanography (4 hours, spring; prereq. BIOL 54 or 105 or permission)

MASC 137 Ecology of Wetlands (4 hours, fall; prereq. one year of biology, one year of chemistry, one ecology course, or permission)

MASC 146 Marine Ecology (3 hours, spring; prereq. BIOL 54 or 105)