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.
**If opting for GEOL 385 , then it must be ernolled for 4 credit hours and a proposal developed under the direction of the student’s advisor and provided for department approval two weeks before registration period begins. Contact the department for details.

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.

Note:

*Must be environmental geosciences related and conducted under the mentorship of a geoscience faculty member. Prior written approval must be obtained from the coordinator of the Environmental Geosciences program.

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: 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

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