The Bachelor of Science program is designed for those interested in a professional career in geology, or for those students who intend to graduate study in Geology. 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 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 34061
Invertebrate Paleontology 4
GEOL 41092
Summer Field Camp 6
GEOL 44070
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 4
and  15 GEOL elective credits 15

MATH 12002
Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5
CHEM 10060
General Chemistry I 4
CHEM 10062
General Chemistry Lab I 1
PHY 13001
General College Physics I 4
PHY 13021
General College Physics Lab I 1
GEOL 42035 or
MATH 30011
Scientific Methods in Geology (3) or
Basic Probability and Statistics (3) 3
PHY 13002 and 13022 or
CHEM 10061 and 10063  General College Physics II (4) and General College Physics Lab II (1) or
General Chemistry II (4) and General Chemistry Lab II (1) 5
BSCI 10110 or
BSCI 20560
Biological Diversity (4) or
Invertebrate Zoology  (4) 4

Total  
77