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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Geosciences Major, B.S. (Geology and Environment Concentration) Suggested Four-Year Program of Study
 

Geosciences Major, B.S. (Geology and Environment Concentration)

  

 FRESHMAN YEAR (29 credits)

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
ENGL 1010 - Foundations in Writing   3 ENGL 1020 - Written Communication & Critical Thinking   3
GEOS 1012 - Introduction to Cultural Geography   3 GEOS 1013 - Introduction to World Regional Geography   3
GEOS 1040 - Geosciences: Earth and Society Lecture   3 GEOS 1050 - Geosciences: Earth through Time Lecture   3
GEOS 1041 - Geosciences: Earth and Society Laboratory            1 GEOS 1051 - Geosciences: Earth through Time Laboratory   1
GEOS 1500 - Introduction to Geospatial Technologies   3 COMM 2055 - Argumentation and Debate   3
MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics - Noncalculus   3    
Fall Total 16 Spring Total 13

SOPHOMORE YEAR (31 credits)

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
GEOS 2020 - Scientific Methods in Geosciences   3 GEOS 2480 - Field Methods in Geosciences   4
GEOS 2500 - Digital Mapping with GIS   3 PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World   3
GEOS 1200 - Geological Evolution of North America                 4 Compass Core Class 3
GEOS 2000 - Earth Materials   4 CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture I   4
Compass Core Class 3 CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory I                                0
Fall Total 17 Spring Total 14

JUNIOR YEAR (30 credits)

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877  or Compass Core Class                     3 GEOS 3700 - Geosciences Field Experience   3
GEOS 3060 - Geomorphology   4 GEOS Elective Course 4
Compass Core Class 3 HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877   or Compass Core Class                3
Free Elective Courses 5 Free Elective Courses 5
Fall Total 15 Spring Total 15

SENIOR YEAR (30 credits)

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits

GEOS 4540 - Sedimentation-Stratigraphy  or

GEOS 4120 - Petrography  

 

4

GEOS 4587 - Engineering Geology  or

GEOS 4857 - Principles of Hydrology   

4
GEOS 4617 - Structural Geology                              4 Free Elective Courses                                              10
Free Elective Courses 8    
Fall Total 16 Spring Total 14

TOTAL = 120 credits