Geosciences, Geology Concentration, B.S.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Major Requirements (51-53 hours)

Electives (26-28 hours)

Freshman Fall

• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• GEOL 1050 - Historical Geology 4 credit hours
• PGEO 1000 - Geoscience Orientation 2 credit hours

Freshman Spring

• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• GEOL 3060 - Computer Methods in Geology 3 credit hours

Sophomore Fall

•   Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• GEOL 3000 - Mineralogy 5 credit hours
• GEOL 3050 - Field Methods in Geology 3 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• GEOL 4000 - Petrology and Petrography 5 credit hours
• PGEO 4530 - Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours
• GEOL 4070 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 5 credit hours

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• GEOL 4120 - Environmental Geology 4 credit hours OR
• GEOL 4130 - Hydrogeology 5 credit hours

Junior Spring

• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Elective 3 credit hours
• PGEO 4490 - Remote Sensing 4 credit hours

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• GEOL 4020 - Geomorphology 4 credit hours OR
• GEOL 4030 - Invertebrate Paleontology 5 credit hours

Senior Fall

• GEOL 4080 - Structural Geology 5 credit hours
• Electives 10 credit hours

Senior Spring

• Electives 10-12 credit hours
• GEOL Field Camp* 4 credit hours
  *Note: GEOL 3401 may not be used for this requirement.