Program: Geology, B.S. - College of Charleston

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 62+

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.

Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 155 /HONS 155L in lieu of GEOL 103 /GEOL 103L .
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 156 /HONS 156L in lieu of GEOL 105 /GEOL 105L .

Complete one of the following field studies courses:

*Paleontology Concentration students must complete GEOL 366 to satisfy the concentration’s field studies requirement.

Complete 9 additional credit hours of GEOL 200-level or above coursework with at least 6 credit hours at the 250-level or above with a maximum of 3 credit hours from ASTR 260 , ASTR 260L , ASTR 460L , PHYS 260 , PHYS 260L , PHYS 460L , GEOL 260 , GEOL 260L , and GEOL 460L.

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 190 /HONS 190L in lieu of CHEM 111 /CHEM 111L and CHEM 112 /CHEM 112L .

Complete one of the following options:

Paleontology students must complete a biology option to satisfy the concentration’s introductory biology requirement.

Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 151 /HONS 151L in lieu of BIOL 111 /BIOL 111L .
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 152 /HONS 152L in lieu of BIOL 112 /BIOL 112L .

Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 157 /HONS 157L in lieu of PHYS 111 /PHYS 111L .
Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 158 /HONS 158L in lieu of PHYS 112 /PHYS 112L .

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 115 in lieu of MATH 120 .
Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 215 in lieu of MATH 220 .
Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 217 in lieu of MATH 250 .

Students are not permitted to double major in Environmental Geosciences and Geology.
No more than 9 credit hours from GEOL 240 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 4 credit hours from GEOL 385 may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours from GEOL 399 may be applied towards the program requirements.

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 , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , ,