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 |
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| GEO 106 | Earth and the Human Future | 4 units |
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| GEO 220 | Earth Materials | 4 units |
| GEO 225 | Earth: A field perspective | 4 units |
| GEO 245 | Earth's Climate: Past and Future | 4 units |
| GEO 315 | Sedimentary Geology | 4 units |
| GEO 315L | Sedimentary Geology Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEO 324 | Advanced Field Mapping | 2 units |
| GEO 325 | Structural Geology | 4 units |
| GEO 325L | Structural Geology Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEO 345 | Petrology | 4 units |
| GEO 345L | Petrology Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEO 391 | Research Methods | 2 units |
| GEO 491 | Senior Seminar | 2 units |
Electives
Students must select an additional four courses from the list below, one of which may be a 200-level course. Geo 390 (Special Topics) may be taken multiple times as course content varies.
| GEO 215 | Evolution of the Earth | 4 units |
| GEO 235 | Global Geophysics and Tectonics | 4 units |
| GEO 255 | Remote Exploration of Earth | 4 units |
| GEO 342 | Geomorphology | 4 units |
Mathematics Component:
Choose one option:
Option 1-
Or department approved equivalent.
Option 2-
| MATH 110 | Calculus 1 | 4 units |
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| GEO 160 | Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science | 4 units |
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| COMP 146 | Statistics | 4 units |
Major with ES Concentration
Fundamental Geology:
| 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 220 | Earth Materials | 4 units |
| GEO 225 | Earth: A field perspective | 4 units |
| GEO 245 | Earth's Climate: Past and Future | 4 units |
| GEO 255 | Remote Exploration of Earth | 4 units |
| GEO 315 | Sedimentary Geology | 4 units |
| GEO 315L | Sedimentary Geology Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEO 325 | Structural Geology | 4 units |
| GEO 325L | Structural Geology Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEO 391 | Research Methods | 2 units |
| GEO 491 | Senior Seminar | 2 units |
Geology Elective
| GEO 225 | Earth: A field perspective | 4 units |
| GEO 235 | Global Geophysics and Tectonics | 4 units |
| GEO 324 | Advanced Field Mapping | 2 units |
| GEO 342 | Geomorphology | 4 units |
| GEO 345 | Petrology | 4 units |
| GEO 390 | Special Topics in Geology | 4 units |
Students may also apply GEO 390 as an elective for the Environmental Science concentration if they have enrolled in the "Volcanology" or "Geochemistry" sections of the course.
Biology Component:
| One course from: | | |
| BIO 105 | Marine Biology | 4 units |
| BIO 110 | Organisms on Earth | 4 units |
| BIO 115 | General Zoology | 4 units |
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| And one course from: | | |
| BIO 260 | Biodiversity and Organization of Marine Ecosystems | 4 units |
| BIO 270 | Ecology | 4 units |
Economics Component:
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics I | 4 units |
| ECON 301 | Environmental Economics and Policy | 4 units |
Quantitative Component:
Choose one option:
Option 1-
Or department approved equivalent.
Option 2-
| MATH 110 | Calculus 1 | 4 units |
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| GEO 160 | Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science | 4 units |
| Or | | |
| BIO 268 | Biostatistics | 4 units |
| Or | | |
| COMP 146 | Statistics | 4 units |
Honors in the Major
Students with a GPA of at least 3.25 are eligible to graduate with honors in geology. For these students, a larger senior thesis is planned, and students start their research earlier than the fall of their senior year. For this extra work, the honors student receives additional course credit (GEO 499) beyond credit for comprehensives.
Minor
| GEO 105 | Earth: Our Environment | 4 units |
| GEO 215 | Evolution of the Earth | 4 units |
| GEO 245 | Earth's Climate: Past and Future | 4 units |
Two additional GEO electives
To be selected with department approval. These courses must be filed with the Registrar's Office by submitting the Transfer Credit & Course Substitution Form.