Major Requirements

COURSEWORK

The following courses (13) are required for completion of the major program in the Department of Geology:

Fundamental Coursework:

GEO 105	Earth: Our Environment	4 units
	Or
GEO 106	Earth and the Human Future	4 units
	And
GEO 215	Evolution of the Earth	4 units
GEO 225	Introduction to Field Methods	4 units
GEO 235	Global Geophysics and Tectonics	4 units
GEO 305	Earth Materials	4 units
GEO 315	Sedimentary Geology	4 units
GEO 324	Advanced Field Mapping	2 units
GEO 325	Structural Geology	4 units
GEO 345	Petrology	4 units
GEO 391	Research Methods	2 units
GEO 491	Senior Seminar and Thesis Research	2 units

Electives

Students must select an additional three courses from the list below:

GEO 245	Earth's Climate: Past and Future	4 units
GEO 255	Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science	4 units
GEO 342	Geomorphology	4 units
GEO 355	Paleomagnetism	4 units
GEO 390	Special Topics in Geology	4 units

Mathematics Component:

Choose one option:

Option 1-

MATH 120

Calculus 2

4 units

Or department approved equivalent.

Option 2-

MATH 110	Calculus 1	4 units
	And
	Department-approved statistics course	4 units