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Geology

 MAJOR IN EARTH SCIENCE, 61 HOURS

Students are expected to have completed GEOL 101 or a high school or college earth science course with an approved geology lab and mathematics through MATHS 112 or the high school equivalent as approved by the primary departmental advisor.

This program is for students entering BSU Fall 2004


Required Courses - 46 hours

GEOL 102 - Earth, Life, and Time.

GEOL 207 - Environmental Geology - Geological/Geochemical Cycles.

GEOL 220 - Earth Materials.

GEOL 240 - Geomorphology.

GEOL 290 - Computer Applications in the Geosciences.

GEOL 308 - Invertebrate Paleontology.

GEOL 310 - Petrology.

GEOL 315 - Structural Geology, Tectonics and Basic Field Methods.

GEOL 383 - Geology Field Camp.

GEOL 420 - Geological and Physical Oceanography.

GEOL 460 - Hydrogeology.

GEOG 230 - Elementary Meteorology.

NREM 221 - Soil Resources.

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry 1.


Elective Courses (9-12 credit hours from below courses) - 9-12 credit hours

GEOL 409 - Micropaleontology.

GEOL 410 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology.

GEOL 412 - Sedimentary Petrology.

GEOL 416 - Engineering Geology of Hazards and the Environment.

GEOL 425 - Geophysics.

GEOL 435 - Stratigraphy and Subsurface Methods.

GEOL 445 - Fractals in the Natural Sciences.

GEOL 470 - Groundwater Geochemistry.

GEOL 471 - Volcanology and Volcanic Hazards.

GEOL 475 - Glacial Geology.


Electives (3-6 credit hours from below) - 3-6 credit hours

GEOG 265 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.

GEOG 331 - Global Climatology.

GEOG 342 - Introduction to Remote Sensing.

NREM 324 - Soil Classification and Interpretation.

 


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