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.

Note:

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 .
*GEOL 362 , GEOL 364 and GEOL 365 are Summer term travel courses with additional costs. Contact the department for details.

GEOL Electives

Complete 15 additional credit hours of GEOL 200-level or above coursework with at least 9 credit hours at the 250-level or above; and at least 3 hours at the 400-level or above; with a maximum of 3 credit hours from ASTR 260 , ASTR 260L , ASTR 460L , GEOL 260 , GEOL 260L , GEOL 460L , PHYS 260 , PHYS 260L , and PHYS 460L .

Additional inter-departmental electives

Students must complete at least 3 credits from this list.

Chemistry Requirement

Complete Option 1 or Option 2

Option 1 (5 credit hours)

Option 2 (8 credit hours)

Complete the sequence of CHEM 111 /CHEM 111L and (either CHEM 112 /CHEM 112L or GEOL 250 )

Complete either CHEM 112/112L or GEOL 250

Cognate Science Requirement

Students must complete one of the following sequences:

Note:

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 .

Mathematics Requirement

Complete one of the following options:

Option 1: Calculus

MATH 120 Introductory Calculus (4)

Note:

Honors student may complete the alternative course of HONS 115 in lieu of MATH 120 .

Option 2: Pre-Calculus and Statistics

Note:

Honors students can take the alternative course of HONS 217 in lieu of MATH 250 .

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