Earth Science Bachelor of Arts
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Earth Science
Core Program:
31 credit hours in geosciences; 24-27 credit hours in related disciplines
| GEO 102 | Freshman Seminar | 1 |
| GEO 165 | Planet Earth | 3 |
| GEO 169 | Planet Earth Lab | 1 |
| GEO 210 | Earth History | 3 |
| GEO 215 | Minerals and Rocks | 4 |
| GEO 370 | Structural Geology | 4 |
GEO
| one GEO 300/400 level elective course with lab | 4 |
| GEO 459 | Seminar in Geosciences | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Two of the following four courses:
An additional writing-intensive course, chosen from
| GEO 330 | Geomorphology | 4 |
| GEO 335 | Geophysics | 4 |
| GEO 400 | Stratigraphy | 4 |
| One additional course with lab in Geology at the 300-level or 400-level | |
| | A course in Geographic Information Systems | |
| CHEM 115 | General Chemistry Lecture I | 3 |
| CHEM 116 | General Chemistry Lecture II | 3 |
| MATH 120 | Survey of Calculus I | 3 |
| or | |
| MATH 122 | University Calculus I | 4 |
| PHYS 230 | University Physics I | 4 |
| | and | |
| PHYS 231 | University Physics II | 4 |
| or | |
| PHYS 121 | College Physics I | 3 |
| | and | |
| PHYS 122 | College Physics II | 3 |
| | An additional course in Mathematics | |
| | A course in Statistics at the 200-level or higher | |
| or | |
| | A course in computer programming | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3-4 |
Total Credit Hours: 30-31