B.S. in Geology with Concentration in Environmental Geology

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 11/11L, 13/13L, 18/18L, and 41/41L):

GEOL 11, 11L Physical Geology (3 + 1 hours, fall and spring)

GEOL 12 The Marine Environment (3 hours, fall and spring)

GEOL 13, 13L The Violent Earth (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:

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

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).

CHEM 11, 11L General Descriptive Chemistry I (3 + 1 hours, fall, spring, and summer)

CHEM 21, 21L General Descriptive chemistry II (3 + 1 hours, fall, spring, and summer)

MATH 31 Calculus of Functions of One Variable I (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. grade of C- or better in MATH 30 or placement)

MATH 32 Calculus of Functions of One Variable II (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. grade of C- or better in MATH 31 or placement)

One of the following:

GEOL 98 and 99 Honors Courses (3 + 3 hours fall and spring; preq. GPA 3.2 or higher with a field component previously approved by the Department)

GEOL 123 Marine Carbonate Environments (4 hours spring of alternate years) and GEOL 125 Coastal Sedimentary Environments (3 hours spring of alternate years)

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

ANTH 151 Field School in Archaeology (6 hours)

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

CHEM 181, 181L Physical Chemistry I with Lab (3 + 2 hours, fall and spring) and CHEM 182, 182L Physical Chemistry II with Lab (3 + 2 hours, fall and spring)

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

PHYS 52 Basic Mechanics (3 hours spring) and PHYS 58 Intermediate Electromagnetism (3 hours fall)

One of the following:

GEOL 152

BIOS 101 Fundamentals of Biostatistics (3 hours, fall)

any COMP except 4, 6, and 96

any MATH above 32

any STAT 31 or above

One of the following:

PHYS 24, 24L and 25, 25L General Physics with lab (4 + 1 hours, fall and spring)

PHYS 26 Mechanics (4 hours, fall and spring) and PHYS 27 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 hours, fall and spring)

One of the following course combinations:

BIOL 54 Ecology and Population Biology (4 hours, fall, spring, and summer) and ENST 103 Ecological Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, spring)

GEOG 53/ENST 53 Introduction to Atmospheric Processes (4 hours, fall) and ENST 104 Atmospheric Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, fall)

MASC 154 Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science (4 hours, fall) and GEOL 112/MASC 112/ENST 102 Oceanic Processes in Environmental Systems (4 hours, spring).

At least five geology or allied science courses from the following list:

any GEOL except 11, 12, 13, 18, 41

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 114 Human Osteology (4 hours, fall or spring)

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

ANTH 117 Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Adaptation and Behavior (3 hours, fall or spring)

ANTH 138 Religion, Nature, and Environment (3 hours, fall)

ANTH 139 Environmental Anthropology (3 hours, fall or spring)

ANTH 151 Field School in Archeology (6 hours)

any ASTR course.

any BIOC except 40.

any BIOL above 10

BIOS 101 The Fundamentals of Biostatistics (3 hours, fall)

any CHEM above 21.

any COMP except 4, 6, and 96.

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

ECON 101 Intermediate Theory: Price and Distribution (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. ECON 10 and MATH 22 or equiv.)

ECON 111 Resource and Environmental Economics (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. ECON 100 or 101 or permission)

ECON 120 Location and Space Economy (3 hours, fall; prereq. 100 or 101 or permission)

ECON 140 Introduction to Public Finance (3 hours, fall and spring)

ECON 141 Analysis of Public Finance (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. ECON 100 or 101)

ECON 142 Advanced Topics in Public Finance (3 hours, fall or spring; prereq. ECON 140 or 141)

ECON 161 International Economics (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. ECON 100 or 101)

ECON 163 Economic Development (3 hours, fall and spring; prereq. ECON 100 or 101)

ECON 165 Economics of Population (3 hours, fall or spring)

ECON 183 Game Theory in Economics (3 hours, fall; prereq. ECON 101 and MATH 33 or permission)

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)

any GEOG above 171.

any MASC above MASC 12

any MATH above MATH 32

any PHYS except PHYS 20, 37, 84, and 113.

PLAN 46 Introduction to Urbanism and Planning (3 hours, fall, spring, or summer)

PLAN 94A Future Aalyses and Forecasting (3 hours, spring)

PLAN 124 Urbanization and Planning in the Third World (3 hours, fall)

PLAN 125 Urban Services and Infrastructure (3 hours, fall)

any STAT 31 or above.