The Bachelor of Science - Environmental Geology Concentration program is designed for those interested in a professional career in environmental geology, including water resources, resource management and energy resources. To obtain the B.S. degree, the student completes courses concerning minerals, rocks, landforms, fossils, structural geology, geochemistry, and field mapping, among others. These courses are supplemented by courses such as introductory chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics.  Download the Roadmap to the B.S. in Geology - Environmental Geology for the official reference to the degree program.

For additional information about our undergraduate program, please contact our undergraduate advisors, Dr. Carrie E. Schweitzer and Dr. Alison J. Smith, Dr. David M. Singer and Dr. Neil A. Wells.

General Requirements (effective academic year 2010-2011)

• At least 42 semester credits must be taken in upper division courses (30000-level and above).
  
• At least 36 semester credits must be taken in Liberal Education Requirements courses.
  
• At least 121 semester credits of approved coursework must be completed successfully.
• GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology or GEOL 21080 Oceanography may be substituted for GEOL 11040 with Departmental permission.
• Requires completion of GEOL 41092, Summer Field Camp.
  
• A 2.00 cumulative grade-point average both overall and in the major, is necessary to graduate.

Required Courses

Course Number
Course Title
Credits   
GEOL 11040     Earth Dynamics    3   
GEOL 11041
Earth Dynamics Lab    1   
GEOL 11042
Earth History    3   
GEOL 11043
Earth History Lab    1   
GEOL 23063
Earth Materials I
4   
GEOL 31070
Earth Materials II    4   
GEOL 31080
Structural Geology    4   
GEOL 32066
Geomorphology    4   
GEOL 34061
Invertebrate Paleontology    4   
GEOL 41092
Summer Field Camp    6   
GEOL 44070
Sedimentology aStratigraphy    4   
GEOL 43040
Principles of Geochemistry    3   
and   9-10 GEOL elective credits     9-10   
MATH 12002
Analytic Geometry and Calculus I    5   
CHEM 10060 and
CHEM 10062     General Chemistry I (4) and
General Chemistry Lab I (1)
5   
CHEM 10061 and
CHEM 10063     General Chemistry II (4) and
General Chemistry Lab II (1)    5   
PHY 13001 and
PHY 13021     General College Physics I (4) and
General College Physics Lab I (1)
5   
GEOL 42035 or
MATH 30011
Scientific Methods in Geology (3) or
Basic Probability and Statistics (3)    5   
BSCI 10110 or
BSCI 20560
Biological Diversity (4) or
Invertebrate Zoology  (4)    4   

Total  
77-78   

Choose from these GEOL upper division electives (9-10 credit hours)

Course Number
Course Title
Credits   
GEOL 42030
Remote Sensing
3   
GEOL 42067
Introductory Hydrogeology
3   
GEOL 42068
Contaminant Hydrology and Hydrogeology
3   
GEOL 42074
Environmental Core and Well Logging
3   
GEOL 42078
Engineering Geology
4