Earth Sciences with a Specialization in Earth Sciences, B.S.

Requirements

Required Courses

GSCI 121	The Dynamic Earth	3
	or
GSCI 131	Environmental Geoscience	3

GSCI 125	The Dynamic Earth Laboratory	1
	or
GSCI 135	Environmental Geoscience Laboratory	1

GSCI 141	Earth and Life History	3
GSCI 145	Earth and Life History Laboratory	1
GSCI 129	Introduction to Meteorology	4

AST 208	Planetary Astronomy	4
	or
AST 209	Stellar and Galactic Astronomy	4

AST 278	Observational Astronomy	4
	or
GSCI 290	Field Methods in Geology	2

GSCI 360	Research Methods in the Geological Sciences	1

In addition, 1 to 3 credits of the following are required:

GSCI 460	Senior Project	1 TO 3
	or
GSCI 480	Internship in Geological Sciences	1 TO 3

The remaining 12 to 16 credits will be selected in consultation with the student's advisor in order to focus on either Astronomy and Planetary Science or Environmental Geosciences.

In addition, the following are required:

CHEM 161	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 162	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 260	Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 201	Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory	1
MATH 152	Calculus I	4
MATH 221	Calculus II	4
PHYS 125	University Physics I	4
PHYS 126	University Physics II	4

Total Credit Hours: 36

A minor is not required.