Geology, Environmental Geology Concentration, B.S.

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements: (42 Hours)

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements  

(Note: Core IMPACTS Area M must include the following course and Core IMPACTS Area T must follow Option II)

• MATH 1113 - Precalculus 3.0 - 4.0 Credit Hours

Field of Study: 18 Hours

• GEOL 1121 - Exploring Earth 3 Credit Hours
• GEOL 1121L - Exploring Earth Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• GEOL 1122 - Earth and Life Through Time 3 Credit Hours
• GEOL 1122L - Earth and Life Through Time Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 1211 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 1211L - Principles of Chemistry I Lab 1 Credit Hours

Required courses for the major: 26-27 Hours

• GEOL 3004 - Field Geology and Geologic Mapping 4 Credit Hours
• GEOL 3014 - Mineralogy and Crystallography 4 Credit Hours
• GEOL 3603 - Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
• GEOL 4082 - Geological Problems 1.0 - 3.0 Credit Hours

• (and)

• GEOL 4083 - Environmental Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours (or)
• GEOL 4014 - Geochemistry 4 Credit Hours

• (and)

• GEOL 4084 - Hydrogeology 4 Credit Hours
• GEOL 4093 - Risk Assessment 3 Credit Hours
• GEOL 4501 - Geology Seminar 1 Credit Hours

• (and)

• GEOG 2202 - Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours (or)
• GEOG 2505 - Human Impacts on the Environment 3 Credit Hours

Supporting Courses: 11-23 Hours

• BIOL 1107 - Principles of Biology I 3 Credit Hours (if not taken in Core IMPACTS)
• BIOL 1108 - Principles of Biology II 3 Credit Hours (if not taken in Core IMPACTS)
• CHEM 1212 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours (if not taken in Core IMPACTS)

• (and)

• CHEM 3310K - Analytical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours (or)
• CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours

• (and)

• MATH 1634 - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours (if not taken in Core IMPACTS)
• MATH 1401 - Elementary Statistics 3 Credit Hours (if not taken in Core IMPACTS)
• CHEM 2455 - Principles of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

• (and)

• CHEM 2455L - Principles of Organic Chemistry Lab 1 Credit Hours

Approved Electives: 10-30 Hours

• GEOL 2002 - Applied Computing for Geosciences 2 Credit Hours
• GEOL 2553 - Geology of the National Parks 3 Credit Hours
• GEOL courses numbered 3000 or greater
• GEOG 2202 - Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 2553 - Introduction to GIS and Mapping Sciences 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 3405 - Geographies of Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 3563 - Remote Sensing and GIS Integration 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 3800 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 3900 - Ecological Climatology 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 4103 - Soil Science 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 4400 - Energy and Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 4553 - Geographic Information System 4 Credit Hours
• CHEM 3310K - Analytical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours
• CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 2411L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 2422 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 2422L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 3010 - Law and Administration of Chemicals 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 2654 - Calculus III 4 Credit Hours
• MATH 3303 - Ordinary Differential Equations 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 3353 - Methods of Applied Mathematics 3 Credit Hours
• BIOL 3134 - Cell and Molecular Biology 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 4424 - Wildlife Habitat Ecology 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 4440 - Aquatic Ecology 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 4450 - Terrestrial Ecology 4 Credit Hours