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2014-2015 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Geoscience: Environmental Analysis Option, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Department of Geography and Geology .

Consists of 59 credits.

Geoscience core, 21 credits

Required

GEOL 104 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
GEOL 106 - Earth History 1 cr.
GEOL 300 - Mineralogy and Petrology 4 cr.
GEOL 310 - Sedimentary Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 320 - Structural Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 393 - Field Trip in Geology 1-3 cr.
GEOL 490 - Senior Research 3 cr. or
GEOL 491 - Senior Thesis 3 cr.

Environmental Analysis Option

Required

GEOG 101 - The Physical Environment 5 cr.
GEOG 276 - Introduction to Cartography: Map Conceptualization and Development 3 cr.
GEOG 335 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr. or
GEOL 335 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr.
GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.
GEOG 379 - Remote Sensing II 3 cr.
GEOG 476 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
GEOG 479 - Geographic Information Systems II 3 cr.

Take 6 additional credits from

GEOL 352 - Geomorphology 3 cr. or
GEOG 352 - Geomorphology 3 cr.
GEOL 330 - Environmental Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 370 - Glacial Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
GEOL 393 - Field Trip in Geology 1-3 cr. (if different topic from core course)
GEOG 340 - Processes of Environmental Degradation 3 cr.
GEOG 344 - Environmental Hazards 3 cr.
GEOG 354 - Climatology 3 cr.
GEOG 376 - Statistical and Multimedia Cartography 3 cr.
GEOG 382 - Dynamic Cartography 3 cr.
GEOG 386 - Map Design and Production 3 cr.
GEOG 390 - Applied Statistics in Geography 3 cr.
SOIL 364 - Soil and Plant Analysis 3 cr.
SOIL 365 - Soil Survey Interpretations for Land Use Planning 3 cr.
SOIL 366 - Wetland Soils 1 cr.
SOIL 367 - Wetland Delineation 1 cr.
NRES 373 - Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment 3 cr.
WSTE 350 - Selected Topics in Soil and Waste Management 1-3 cr.

Statistics

MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.

Collateral courses, 5 credits

Take a minimum of five credits of natural science selected from the following:

ASTR 311 - Introduction to Astronomy 3 cr.
BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. or
CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles 5 cr.
PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I 4 cr. or
PHYS 203 - College Physics I 5 cr.

Communication in the Major

Choose any two:

GEOG 382 - Dynamic Cartography 3 cr.
GEOG 393 - Field Trip in Geography 1-3 cr.
GEOL 393 - Field Trip in Geology 1-3 cr.
GEOL 490 - Senior Research 3 cr.

Capstone Experience

GEOL 490 - Senior Research 3 cr. or
GEOL 491 - Senior Thesis 3 cr.

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