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Feb 17, 2025
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2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Geology Major
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To develop a level of geologic competency in our graduates so they are equipped to compete successfully for entry-level jobs in the geological job market and/or for admission to graduate programs offered by accredited universities and colleges. To accomplish the above:
- The B.S. in Geology degree is intended to recognize, formulate, employ, and interpret the scientific methodology that is appropriate to geological research.
- All students will graduate with competency in correctly identifying the properties, characteristics, and behavior of earth materials.
- Graduating students will be proficient in the production and interpretation of geologic maps.
- All graduates will have a working knowledge of those scientific disciplines ancillary to the science of geology: chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
- All students will have the ability to function independently, collaboratively, and ethically with others in the profession.
- Each graduate will demonstrate the written and verbal communications skills required to convey the results of scientific research.
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General Education Requirements
First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Total Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3
Constitutions - Total Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirement: Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking
Fulfilled by requirements for major Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9 Social Science - Total Credits: 9 Multicultural and International
(see note 3 below) Additional Degree Requirements
Electives - Total Credits: 28
Additional Electives in Geology and other topics (at least 9 must be 300 level or above in GEOL.) Notes
- It is strongly recommended that students take SCI 101 to satisfy the First Year Seminar requirement.
- Students must complete 40 upper-division credits (satisfied by the degree requirements in the major).
- Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
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