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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geological Sciences (BA)


University Requirements:


College Requirements:


College Breadth Requirements:


These requirements apply to all College of Earth, Ocean & Environment Bachelor of Arts degrees. College Breadth courses, when combined with University Breadth courses must represent at least two departments or appropriate instructional units in each category.

If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

Three credits in each category below can be used to fulfill the University Breadth requirement:

Understanding and appreciation of the visual and performing arts, of aesthetic forms, designs, or craftsmanship, or of literary, philosophical, and intellectual traditions. Courses may focus on a single aesthetic form or intellectual tradition, or cross-cultural comparisons.

Understanding of the sources and forces of historical changes in ideas, beliefs, institutions, and cultures. Courses may address social, cultural, intellectual, economic, technological, artistic, scientific, and political development, changes in a discipline, or globalization and its effects.

Understanding of the behavior of individuals and social groups in the context of their human and natural environments. Courses emphasize the empirical findings, applications, and methods of the social and behavioral sciences.

Understanding of fundamental and/or applied concepts and phenomena from mathematics, logic, natural or physical sciences, and technology including quantitative reasoning and methods used to approach and solve problems. Courses taken to fulfill this category (University and College Breadth) must include a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory.

Foreign Language:


  • Completion of the intermediate-level course (107,112, or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
    • The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
      • Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination  through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Mathematics:


Successful completion of one of the following options:

Option One:


One of the following:

Option Two:


One of the following:

Option Three:


Option Four:


  • Successful performance on a profiency test in mathematics adminsitered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).

Second Writing Requirement:


  • A Second Writing Requirement  approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

 

Major Requirements:


A minimum grade of C- is required in each of the Major Requirement courses. The total number of credits for these courses must be at least 36.

*GEOL Field Experience Note:


Can be substituted with an approved geology field experience in which the student integrates the components of their geologic studies in an experiential learning environment. Experience MUST include data collection, manipulation of data sets, and reports or field notes. This requirement could be fulfilled by a senior thesis, internship, field camp, study abroad experience, and/or a research experience so long as the above criteria are met.

Geology Electives:


  • GEOL 307  or any 400-level or above GEOL course (four credits).

Electives:


After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

Credits to Total a Minimum of 124


Last Revised 2017-2018 Academic Year