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Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Geology



Required Courses:
EAS-A101 Earth Systems I - The Solid Earth 3
EAS-A102 Earth Systems I - Lab 1
EAS-A103 Earth Systems II-The Atmosphere & Oceans 3
EAS-A220 Mineralogy 3
EAS-A221 Mineralogy Lab 1
EAS-A240 Field Techniques in Geology 2
EAS-A242 Computer Applications in Earth Science (or equivalent) 1
EAS-A405 Petrology 3
EAS-A406 Petrology Lab 1
EAS-A410 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy 3
EAS-A411 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Lab 1
EAS-A430 Structural Geology 3
EAS-A431 Structural Geology Lab 1
EAS-A437 Earth Dynamics 3
EAS-A450 Scientific Communications (or equivalent) 2
  Total Required Credits 31

Major Electives: Choose a minimum of 9 credits (no more that 3 credits at the 100 level)

EAS-A105 Intro to Oceanography 3
EAS-A107 Understanding Weather 3
EAS-A114 Earth History 3
EAS-A117 Physical Geography 3
EAS-A193 Intro to Earthquakes 3
EAS-A208 Intro to Environmental Science 3
EAS-A305 Geomorphology 3
EAS-A335 Surface Water Hydrology 3
EAS-A426 Environmental Geophysics 3
EAS-A428 Environmental Geochemistry 3
EAS-A435 Groundwater Hydrology 3
EAS-A498 Advanced Independent Study  1-3
  Total Required Electives 9

Required Related-Science Courses

CH-A161 Introduction to Chemistry 4
MT-A142 Calculus I 4
  Choose one of the following:  
PH-A131/132 General Physics I and Lab (or equiv.) 4
  or  
BL-A104 Principles of Biology I 4
BL-A106 Principles of Biology II 4
  Total Related Science Credits 12-16

Arts & Sciences College Core Credits (ex. Science, inc. CS)  54
Free Electives 10-14

Minimum Credits for Graduation:   120

Course Descriptions

 

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