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B.S. in Geology
First Year
| Fall Semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL110 | Intro. to Geology | 4 | GL156 | Intro Earth Evolution | 4 |
| EN101 | Comp. & Lit. | 3 | EN102 | Comp. & Lit. | 3 |
| MA107 | Pre-calculus | 4 | MA108 | Applied Calculus | 4 |
| CH103 | General Chemistry | 4 | CH104 | General Chemistry | 4 |
| Total credits | 15 | 15 | |||
Second Year
| Fall Semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *GL2XX | Elective | 3-4 | *GL2XX | Elective | 3-4 |
| EN201 | World Literature | 3 | EN202 | World Literature | 3 |
| PS201 | General Physics | 4 | PS202 | General Physics | 4 |
| Social Science Elective | 3 | Humanities Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3-4 | Elective | 3-4 | ||
| GL251 | Soph. Sem. in Geology | 1 | |||
| Total credits | 17-19 | 16-18 | |||
Third Year
| Fall Semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *GL2XX | Elective | 3-4 | GL2XX | Elective | 3-4 |
| **Tech Elective | 3-4 | **Tech Elective | 3-4 | ||
| ***History Elective | 3 | Ethics Elective | 3 | ||
| MA232 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | Elective | 3-4 | |
| Elective | 3-4 | Elective | 3-4 | ||
| Total credits | 15-18 | 15-19 | |||
FourthYear
| Fall Semester | Credits | Spring Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *GL2XX | Elective | 3 | *GL2XX | Elective | 3-4 |
| GL450 | Dir. Study of Geology | 4 | GL451 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| **Tech Elective | 3-4 | **Tech Elective | 3-4 | ||
| Elective | 3-4 | Elective | 3-4 | ||
| Elective | 3-4 | Elective | 3-4 | ||
| Total credits | 16-20 | 15-19 | |||
*These six electives must include Sedimentation (GL257), Structural Geology (GL262), and Mineralogy (GL263).
**Technical Electives for this degree include Science, mathematics (above MA103), Engineering or Information Systems (above IS120) courses
***except HI109 Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, or Economics PH323 Environmental Ethics strongly recommend