An intensive major combining work in geology, GIS-mapping and environmental studies.
Admission to the major
You must have completed at least 2 courses in geology with a minimum average grade of C (2.0) before you may be formally admitted to the major program.
Required courses
- GEOL 151 - Introductory Geology or 120 Earth Systems
- GEOL 152 - Historical Geology
- GEOL 215 - Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy
- GEOL 252- Geomorphology
- GEOL 304 - Geochemistry
- GEOL 312 - Environmental Geology
- GEOL 317 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
- GEOL 387 - Geology as a Vocation
- GEOG 261 - GIS and Cartography
- ENST 210 - Human Impacts on the Environment
- ENST 302 - Environment and Society
- ENST 385 - Environmental Studies Internship OR an approved Environmental Studies field course
- ENST 395 - History and Philosophy of Environmental Thought
Required cognates
- CHEM 103 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 104 - General Chemistry I" OR Chemistry 106 -Engineering Chemistry
- MATH 171 - Calculus I OR MATH 143 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- MATH 172 - Calculus II OR
- MATH 132 -Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences
Electives (choose 2)
- GEOL 212 - Structural Geology
- GEOL 251 - Oceanography
- GEOL 316 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- GEOL 322 - Coastal Geomorphology
- GEOG 361 - Advanced GIS
- CHEM 253 - Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
- ENGR 306 - Principles of Environmental Engineering
- PHYS 133 - Introductory Physics: Mechanics and Gravity
