Environmental Geosciences, B.S.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 63+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

GEOL Required Courses

Required GEOL courses for the major.

• GEOL 103 Environmental Geology (3)
• GEOL 103L Environmental Geology Laboratory (1)
• GEOL 105 Earth History (3)
• GEOL 105L Earth History Laboratory (1)
• GEOL 253 Earth Systems Science (4)
• GEOL 272 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (4)
• GEOL 291 Water Resources (4)
• GEOL 313 Critical Zone Science (3)

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• GEOL 362 Field Studies in Environmental Geosciences (4)

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• GEOL 364 Field Studies: Environmental Geology and Water Resources in the Developing World (4)

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• GEOL 365 Field Studies: Geology and Environmental Geosciences in Africa (4)

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• GEOL 492 Senior Seminar (1)

GEOL Electives

Complete 15 additional credit hours from the following with at least 9 hours at the 250-level or above; and at least 3 hours at 400-level or above.

• GEOL 213 Natural Hazards (3)
• GEOL 240 Special Topics in Geology (1-4)
• GEOL 257 Marine Geology (4)
• GEOL 275 Geomorphology (4)
• GEOL 288 Global Change: A Geological Perspective (3)
• GEOL 312 Environmental Field Methods (3)
• GEOL 320 Earth Resources (3)
• GEOL 385 Internship (1-4)
• GEOL 395 Special Topics (1-4)
• GEOL 395L Special Topics Laboratory (0-1)
• GEOL 399 Tutorial (1-3)
• GEOL 402 Geospatial Science (4)
• GEOL 412 Crustal Geophysics (3)
• GEOL 438 Hydrogeology (4)
• GEOL 441 Pollution in the Environment (4)
• GEOL 442 Geological Application of Remote Sensing (4)
• GEOL 449 Geographical Information Systems (4)
• GEOL 491 Senior Thesis (3)
• GEOL 495 Special Topics (1-4)
• GEOL 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• GEOL 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)

Additional inter-departmental electives

Students must complete at least 3 credits from this list.

• BIOL 204 Humans and the Environment (3)
• BIOL 211 Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Biology (4)
• BIOL 341 General Ecology (4)
• CHEM 220 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 220L Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2)
• CHEM 422 Environmental Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 422L Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• ECON 311 Environmental Economics (3)
• ENVT 200 Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies (3)
• ENVT 352 Special Topics in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (1-4)
• ENVT 452 Advanced Special Topics in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (1-4)
• PHIL 155 Environmental Ethics (3)
• PHYS 105 Introduction to Meteorology (3)
• PHYS 106L Exercises in Weather and Climate (2)
• PHYS 210 Introduction to Air Pollution (3)
• PHYS 215 Synoptic Meteorology (3)
• PHYS 225 Climate (3)
• PHYS 457 Satellite Meteorology (3)
• RELS 276 Religion and the Environment (3)
• SOCY 346 Environmental Sociology (3)
• URST 310 Urban Planning (3)

Chemistry Requirement

Complete Option 1 or Option 2

Cognate Science Requirement

Students must complete one of the following sequences: BIOL 101/101L and BIOL 102/102L; BIOL 111/111L and BIOL 112/112L; HONS 151/151L and HONS 152/152L; PHYS 101/101L and PHYS 102/102L; PHYS 111/111L and PHYS 112/112L; HONS 157/157L and HONS 158/158L

• BIOL 101 Concepts and Applications in Biology I (3)
• BIOL 101L Concepts and Applications in Biology I Lab (1)
• BIOL 102 Concepts and Applications in Biology II (3)
• BIOL 102L Concepts and Applications in Biology II Lab (1)

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• BIOL 111 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (3)
• BIOL 111L Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (1)
• BIOL 112 Evolution, Form, and Function of Organisms (3)
• BIOL 112L Evolution, Form, and Function of Organisms Lab (1)

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• PHYS 101 Introductory Physics I (3)
• PHYS 101L Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 102 Introductory Physics II (3)
• PHYS 102L Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)

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• PHYS 111 General Physics I (3)
• PHYS 111L General Physics I Lab (1)
• PHYS 112 General Physics II (3)
• PHYS 112L General Physics II Lab (1)

Mathematics Requirement

Complete one of the following options:

Notes:

• Students are not permitted to double major in Environmental Geosciences and Geology.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

The following courses are excluded: BIOL 101 , BIOL 101L , BIOL 102 , BIOL 102L , BIOL 111 , BIOL 111L , BIOL 112 , BIOL 112L , CHEM 111 , CHEM 111L , CHEM 112 , CHEM 112L , HONS 115 , HONS 151 , HONS 151L , HONS 152 , HONS 152L , HONS 157 , HONS 157L , HONS 158 , HONS 158L , HONS 190 , HONS 190L , HONS 217 , MATH 111 , MATH 120 , MATH 250 , PHYS 101 , PHYS 101L , PHYS 102 , PHYS 102L , PHYS 111 , PHYS 111L , PHYS 112 , PHYS 112L