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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Geology-B.S. Environmental Earth Science Major

Geology Major B.S. 52-56 cr

Track II: Environmental Earth Science Major

A. Core Requirements (22 cr)

Select one course from the following two:
GEO 100 - Physical Geology credit: 3
OR
OCE 100 - Oceanography credit: 3
GEO 101 - Physical Geology Laboratory credit: 1
GEO 310 - Mineralogy credit: 4
GEO 330 - Structural Geology credit: 4
GEO 420 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy credit: 4
GEO 430 - Hydrogeology credit: 3
Select one course from the following four:
GEO 399 - Independent Study credit: 1 to 6
GEO 499 - Independent Study credit: 1 to 6
GEO 486 - Field Techniques credit: 3
GST 303 - Career Awareness II credit: Sp, Fl-2 to 3; SS-2 to 6

B. Elective Requirements 15-19 cr

Select one course from the following:
GEO 301 - Environmental Geology for Majors credit: 4
GEO 340 - Geophysics credit: 3
GEO 450 - Geomorphology credit: 3
GEO 399 - Independent Study credit: 1 to 6 (Either in Research or Geographic Information Systems)
GEO 499 - Independent Study credit: 1 to 6
Select one course from the following:
BIO 363 - Great Lakes Environmental Issues credit: 3
OR
ESC 363 - Great Lakes Environmental Issues credit: 3
CHE 300 - Environmental Science credit: 3
MET 315 - Weather Disasters credit: 3
MET 320 - Humans and Atmospheric Change credit: 3
PHY 305 - Energy and the Environment credit: 3
Select three courses from the following:
BIO 120 - Molecular and Cellular Foundations credit: 4
BIO 200 - Environmental and Population Biology credit: 3
BIO 320 - Introductory Ecology credit: 3
BIO 400 - Current Issues in Environmental and Population Biology credit: 3
CHE 212 - General Chemistry credit: 4
CHE 230 - Introductory Organic Chemistry credit: 3
CHE 331 - Organic Chemistry credit: 4
MAT 220 - Calculus II credit: 4
MET 220 - Meteorology for Science Majors II credit: 3
MET 305 - Climatology credit: 3
MET 340 - Air Pollution credit: 3
PHY 111 - College Physics I credit: 4
ZOO 405 - Limnology credit: 3

C. Cognate Requirements 15 cr

CHE 111 - General Chemistry credit: 4
MAT 210 - Calculus I credit: 4
MAT 318 - Statistics in the Sciences credit: 3
MET 210 - Meteorology for Science Majors I credit: 3
MET 210L - Introductory Meteorology Lab credit: 1