In addition to the core courses listed below, students are encouraged to take additional courses in geology, mathematics, computer science, statistics, and the physical and biological sciences. Students planning professional careers in geology (including graduate study) should take at least two additional courses in mathematics beyond the requirements listed below and would benefit from a minor in mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology. A faculty adviser, assigned by the departmental office at the time the student declares the major, recommends elective courses that best suit the student's career options.
Foundation Courses
01:160:161-162 General Chemistry (4,4)
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
01:460:101 Introductory Geology (4) (this is the major/minor track entry course; however, students who have taken 100 may still major/minor after consulting department)
01:460:102 Introductory Geology II: Historical (3) or 01:460:476 History of the Earth System (3) or 01:460:305 Evolution and Geologic Time (3)
01:460:103 Introductory Geology Laboratory (1)
01:640:CALC1-CALC2 Calculus (4,4) (the following may be substituted
by approval of the undergraduate adviser: 01:640:250 Introductory Linear Algebra
(3) or 01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3) or other upper-level
math/statistics course from the approved list)
01:750:193-194 Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or 01:750:201-202 Extended General Physics (5,5) or 01:750:203-204 General Physics (3,3) and 01:750:205-206 General Physics Laboratory (1,1)
Geological Sciences Core Courses
01:460:301 Mineralogy (4)
01:460:302 Petrology (4)
01:460:303 Paleontology (4)
01:460:307 Structural Geology (4)
01:460:340 Sedimentology (4)
01:460:341 Stratigraphy (4)
01:460:410 Field Geology (3) or external field camp approved by department
01:460:412 Introduction to Geophysics (4)
