Administered by Geography and Geosciences
Effective Fall, 2003
General Education Requirements - In addition to 54 semester hours of general education requirements, 72 semester hours is required for a major in geology. The balance of the university's 120-hour requirement for an undergraduate degree comes from elective courses. The degree program in geology requires the following courses:
51.101 Physical Geology
51.102 Historical Geology
51.111 Physical Geology Laboratory
51.112 Historical Geology Laboratory
51.261 Mineralogy
51.262 Petrology
51.360 Introduction to Paleontology
51.265 Geomorphology
51.369 Structural Geology
51.468 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
51.470 Groundwater Hydrology
51.493 Bibliography and Research
51.460 Aqueous Chemistry
51.480 Geophysics (highly recommended)
51.451 Field Techniques in Earth Science or equivalent 4 to 6 semester hours field course
Choose one of the following two sets of courses:
53.123 Essentials of Calculus and 53.141 Introduction to Statistics
or 53.125 Analysis I and 53.126 Analysis II
Choose two of the following three courses:
52.115 Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry
52.131 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
52.216 Chemical Principles and Measurements (highly recommended as the second course)
Choose one of the following two sets of courses:
54.111 Introductory Physics I and 54.112 Introductory Physics II
or 54.211 General Physics I and 54.212 General Physics II
Note: 51.480 Geophysics may be substituted for the second semester of physics.