Geology Minor

Required Courses

• GEOL 1040/1041 - Physical Geology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 1050/1051 - Historical Geology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4

Electives

• Select ten (10) credit hours from the courses listed below.  Students must get advisor’s approval for these courses.

• GEOL 3030/3031 - Environmental Geology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 3060/3061 - Statistics in the Geosciences (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 3100/3101 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 3500/3501 - Mineralogy (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 3600/3601 - Petrology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 3680 - Principles of Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3
• GEOL 4080/4081 - Structural Geology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 4050/4051 - Process Geomorphology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 4082 - Structure Field Practicum Credit Hours: 1
• GEOL 4100 - Seminar in Tectonics Credit Hours: 3
• GEOL 4250/4251 - Hydrogeology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 4450/4451 - Economic Geology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 4500 - Laboratory Research Project Credit Hours: 1 to 3
• GEOL 455 A, B, C - Seminar in Earth Science Credit Hours: 1 each
• GEOL 4910/4911 - Invertebrate Paleontology (and lab) Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 4920 - Advanced Paleontology Credit Hours: 3
• GEOL 4990 - Geology Field Camp Credit Hours: 6
• GEOL 4995 - Seminar in Geoscience Communication Credit Hours: 2

Total Hours 18