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Geology Courses Required, B.S. Geology, Geophysics Track


When you have completed a course, put the semester and year next to the "X", to keep track of your progress. 

 

X         required course for this major

X         course required for ALL geology majors

 

Note:  only 100-500 level courses are listed shown below.  Higher level courses do count as electives.

 

 

Course Number

Required Courses    X

Date Completed

Course Name

 

Cr Hr

GEOL 101

X

 

Introduction to Geology

 

3

GEOL 103

X

 

Geology  Laboratory

 

2

GEOL 105/304

 

 

History of the Earth

 

3

GEOL 121

 

 

Prehistoric Life

 

3

GEOL 123

 

 

Prehistoric Life Laboratory

2

GEOL 171

 

 

Earthquakes and Natural Disasters

3

GEOL 302

 

 

Oceanography

 

3

GEOL 311

X

 

Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Earth

3

GEOL 312

 

 

Mineral Structures and Equilibria Laboratory

1

GEOL 331

X

 

Sedimentology and Surface Processes

4

GEOL 351

 

 

Environmental Geology

 

3

GEOL 360

X

 

Field Investigation

 

2

GEOL 505

 

 

Computers in Geology

 

3

GEOL 512

X

 

Petrology

 

 

3

GEOL 513

 

 

Petrology Laboratory

 

1

GEOL 521

 

 

Paleontology

 

3

GEOL 523

 

 

Paleontology Laboratory

1

GEOL 532

 

 

Stratigraphy

 

4

GEOL 535

 

 

Petroleum Geology

 

4

GEOL 536

 

 

Subsurface Methods in Petroleum Exploration

1

GEOL 541

 

 

Geomorphology

 

4

GEOL 552

 

 

Introduction to Hydrogeology

3

GEOL 555

 

 

Mineral and Energy Resources

3

GEOL 560

X

 

Introductory Field Geology

3

GEOL 561

 

 

Field Geology

 

3

GEOL 562

X

 

Structural Geology

 

4

GEOL 571

 

 

Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters

3

GEOL 572/573

X

 

Geophysics/Plate Tectonics and Geodynamics

3

GEOL 575

 

 

Seismic Exploration

 

3

GEOL 577

 

 

Environmental Geophysics

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electives,

Part 1:

 

 

Electives, Part 2:

 

Which electives did you take?

 

Two from this list

GEOL 572

___________

9 hours,

 

_____________

 

(in addition to

GEOL 573

___________

   advisor

 

_____________

 

   required courses)

GEOL 575

___________

      approved

 

_____________

 

 

GEOL 577

___________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Non-Geology Courses Required, B.S. General Geology

Courses shown are the preferred ones, if a choice is allowed.  Check the undergraduate catalog for details.   Underlined blanks mean a course is required.  Fill in the course number you took to fulfill the requirement

 

 

 

Physics

 

COMS 130 or 150

_________

 

PHSX 114

 

English

ENGL 101

 

PHSX 115

 

 

ENGL 102

 

PHSX 211

_________

 

ENGL 362

 

PHSX 212

_________

Humanities

_________

 

PHSX 313

_________

 

_________

 

PHSX 521

_________

 

 

 

PHSX 531

_________

Social sciences

_________

 

Chemistry

 

 

_________

 

CHEM 184

_________

 

 

 

CHEM 188

_________

Math

 

 

Biology

( none)

MATH 115

 

 

 

 

MATH 116

 

 

 

 

MATH 121

_________

 

Computer

 

MATH 122

 

_________

 

EECS 128 or 138

_________ 

MATH 220

Or
MATH 223


MATH 290

_________

 

 

 

MATH 320

_________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred courses shown.  Some other courses may substitute.  See Undergraduate Catalog.