Critical Courses

As part of your degree, you must take classes within and outside the School of Geosciences, in addition to some courses in other colleges. Find out which courses are critical to your geology education here:

Geology Courses

• GEOL 111 Physical Geology
• GEOL 112 Historical Geology
• GEOL 291 Elementary Mineralogy
• GEOL 292 Elementary Petrology
• GEOL 314 Structural Geology
• GEOL 330 Field Methods
• GEOL 339 Sedimentary Petrology
• GEOL 341 Stratigraphy
• GEOL 400 Summer Field Camp
• GEOL 420 Geophysics
• GEOL 431 Introduction to Geochemistry
• GEOL 435 Analysis of Geologic Data
• GEOL 499 Geology Seminar

Science and Math Courses

• MATH 270 Calculus I
• MATH 301 Calculus II
• CHEM 107 General Chemistry
• BIOL 4 credits of BIOL
• PHYS 207 Introduction to Physics I
• PHYS 208 Introdcution to Physics II
• PHYS 215 Physics Lab I

You can read the most updated courses description in the Academic Catalog