Bachelor of Science in Earth Science
Required 120 credits (a minimum of 36 of which must be from courses numbered 300 or above), including:
I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).
Twelve of the university-required 39 Essential Studies credits will be earned through successful completion of GEOL 101 Introduction to Geology, GEOL 102 The Earth Through Time, and their accompanying laboratories (GEOL 101L and GEOL 102L), plus GEOL 420 Geology Capstone and GEOL 421 Seminar; the remaining 27 credits must be earned through successful completion of other Essential Studies courses.
II. Geology Required Core Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GEOL 101 & 101L | Introduction to Geology and Introduction to Geology Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 102 & 102L | The Earth Through Time and The Earth Through Time Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 215 & 215L | Introduction to Paleontology and Introduction to Paleontology Lab | 4 |
| GEOL 218 & 218L | Mineralogy and Mineralogy Lab | 3 |
| GEOL 219 & 219L | Petrology and Petrology Lab | 3 |
| GEOL 220 | Computer Applications in Geology and Environmental Science | 2 |
| GEOL 312 & 312L | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy and Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Lab | 4 |
| GEOL 322 | Geology, Society, and the Environment | 3 |
| GEOL 330 & 330L | Structural Geology and Structural Geology Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 420 | Geology Capstone | 3 |
| GEOL 421 | Seminar | 1 |
| Geology Electives, 300 level or above | 7 | |
| Total Credits | 42 | |
III. Free Electives
Students must complete a minimum of 19 credits of additional free elective courses which are not otherwise specified, to bring their total credits up to 120 to earn the degree.
IV. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 151 & 151L | General Biology II and General Biology II Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 121 & 121L | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 122 & 122L | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory | 4 |
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| MATH 103 & MATH 105 | College Algebra and Trigonometry | 4-5 |
| or MATH 107 | Precalculus | |
| PHYS 211 | College Physics I | 4 |
| Students must complete at least 3 credits from the following list: | ||
| ECON 210 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics | 3-4 |
| or BIOL 470 | Biostatistics | |
| or MATH 321 | Applied Statistical Methods | |
| Students must complete at least 3 credits from the following list: | ||
| CSCI 110 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3-4 |
| or CSCI 130 | Introduction to Scientific Programming | |
| or CSCI 160 | Computer Science I | |
| or CSCI 166 | Tools and Techniques of Computing Practice | |
| Students must complete at least 3 credits from the following list: | ||
| GEOG 471 & 471L | Cartography and Visualization and Cartography and Visualization Laboratory | 3 |
| or GEOG 474 & 474L | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS Laboratory | |
| Total Credits | 32-35 | |