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Academic Foundations 003
African American and African Studies 014
American Studies 050
Ancient and Medieval Civilizations 060
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Arabic 074
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Biological Sciences 120
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Chinese 165
Clinical Laboratory Sciences 191
Computer Science 198
Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geology 460)
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Bachelor of Arts Curriculum
Bachelor of Science Curriculum
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English: Composition and Writing 355
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  Newark Undergraduate Catalog 2016–2018 Liberal Arts Colleges Academic Programs and Courses Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geology 460) Bachelor of Science Curriculum  

Bachelor of Science Curriculum


The bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in geosciences requires 73 credits. 

Required Courses (40 credits)

  21:460:103  Planet Earth (3)

  21:460:104  Planet Earth Laboratory (1)

  21:460:206  Environmental Geology (3)

  21:460:207  Environmental Geology Laboratory (1)

  21:460:311  Geologic Field Methods (3)

  21:460:314  Stratigraphy (4)

  21:460:320  Structural Geology (4)

  21:460:323  Rocks and Minerals (4)

  21:460:375  Quantitative Methods in the Geosciences (4)

  21:460:400  Introduction to Soil Science (4)

  21:460:401  Introduction to Geochemistry (3)

  21:460:406  Applied Geophysics (3)

  21:460:427  Hydrogeology (3)

Any two of the following (6-7 credits)

  21:460:311  Oceanography (3)

  21:460:325  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3)

  21:160:223  Analytical Chemistry (3)

  21:160:227  Experimental Analytical Chemistry (2)

  21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  21:160:335  Organic Chemistry I (4)

  21:160:336  Organic Chemistry II (4)

  28:460:309 NJIT  Geomorphology (3)

  28:375:385 NJIT  Environmental Microbiology (3)

  28:375:416 NJIT  Environmental Toxicology (3)

 * or any comparable course approved by the department undergraduate advisor

Required Cognate Courses (26 credits)

  one year of General Chemistry with Laboratory (10)

  one year of mathematics (Calculus I and Calculus II) (8) 

  one year of General Biology with Laboratory or Concepts of Biology (120:200) and Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular and Lab (120:201 and 202)* (8) or one year of General Physics with Laboratory (10)

     * Please note: Students wishing to double major in environmental science must take 120:200 and 120:201 and 202.

Senior Seminar (1) (must be taken in final year)

  21:460:485 or 21:460:486  Seminar in Geology (1,1)

Undergraduate Research Experience

21:460:415,416  Undergraduate Research in Geoscience (BA,BA)

The department strongly encourages students to participate in faculty-led research with the approval of the chair.  Students may substitute a maximum of 6 credits toward the environmental science minor with an undergraduate research experience.

 

 
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