Geoscience, Geology Concentration (Geology), B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

• MATH 1910 (Math)
• CHEM 1110/1111 (Nat Sci)
• PHYS 2010/2011 or PHYS 2110/2111 (Nat Sci)

Major Requirements (53 hours)

• GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour

• OR

• GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours

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• GEOL 1050 - Historical Geology 4 credit hours
• GEOL 3000 - Mineralogy 5 credit hours
• GEOL 3050 - Field Methods in Geology 3 credit hours
• GEOL 3160 - Geologic Literature and Report Writing 2 credit hours
• GEOL 4000 - Petrology and Petrography 5 credit hours
• GEOL 4020 - Geomorphic Regions of the United States 4 credit hours
• GEOL 4030 - Invertebrate Paleontology 5 credit hours
• GEOL 4070 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 5 credit hours
• GEOL 4080 - Structural Geology 5 credit hours
• GEOL 4100 - Geophysical Prospecting 4 credit hours
• GEOL 4130 - Hydrogeology 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Cognate 1 (12 hours)

• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (4 credit hours counted in General Education)

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

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• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (3 credit hours counted in General Education; 1 credit hour remaining)
• MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours
• MATH/SCI elective 3 credit hours

Cognate 2 (14 hours)

• PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (4 credit hours counted in General Education)

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• PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours (4 credit hours counted in General Education)

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• BIOL 1110 - General Biology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours

• OR

• PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2121 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory II 4 credit hours

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• Geoscience elective 3 credit hours
• Geology Field Camp in Western U.S. (advisor approved) 4 credit hours
• MATH/SCI elective (major academic advisor approved) 3 credit hours (CSCI 1170  or MATH 2050  strongly recommended)

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• GEOL 1050 - Historical Geology 4 credit hours
• PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours

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• GEOL 1030 - Introduction to Earth Science 3 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1031 - Introduction to Earth Science Lab 1 credit hour

• OR

• GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 4 credit hours AND
• GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 0 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Math)
• MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours
• GEOL major courses 10 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours

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• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

Junior

• BIOL 1110 - General Biology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours

• OR

• PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
• PHYS 2121 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory II 4 credit hours

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• PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)

• OR

• PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
• GEOL required courses 18 credit hours

Senior

• MATH/SCI electives 6 credit hours
• Geoscience elective 3 credit hours
• GEOL required courses 14 credit hours
• GEOL Field Camp 4 credit hours (GEOL 3401 may not be used for this requirement)