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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology Major Suggested Course Sequence

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Freshman Year

First Semester

ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
MATH 1910 - Calculus I (4 credits)
GEOL 1040 - Exploring Geology Lecture (3 credits)
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture I (4 credits)
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (0 credit)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Second Semester

ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
GEOL 1050 - Historical Geology (3 credits)
MATH 1920 - Calculus II (4 credits)
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry Lecture II (4 credits)
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (0 credit)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

First Semester

HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)
Fine Arts Elective (3 credits)
Social/Behavioral Science Elective (3 credits)

Semester Total: 17 Credit Hours

Second Semester

GEOL 2480 - Geology Field Methods (4 credits)
PHYS 2020 - General Physics II-Noncalculus (3 credits)
PHYS 2021 - General Physics Laboratory II-Noncalculus (1 credit)
HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
SPCH 2320 - Argumentation and Debate (3 credits)
PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World (3 credits)

Semester Total: 17 Credit Hours

Junior Year

First Semester

GEOL 4120 - Petrography (4 credits)
Literature Elective (3 credits)
PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World (3 credits)
Minor Requirements (4 credits)

Semester Total: 14 Credit Hours

Second Semester

GEOL Elective (3 credits)
GEOL Elective (3 credits)
GEOG 3500 - Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
Minor Requirements (8 credits)

Semester Total: 17 Credit Hours

Senior Year

First Semester

GEOL 3391 - Paleobiology (4 credits) or
GEOL 3395 - Vertebrate Paleontology (4 credits)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Second Semester

GEOL 4540 - Sedimentation-Stratigraphy (4 credits)
GEOL Elective (3 credits)
Minor Requirements (6 credits)

Semester Total: 13 Credit Hours

Total: 120 Credit Hours

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