Overview

Faculty

Major

Courses

Science Station

Student Opportunities

 

Courses

Core Courses
Elective Courses
General Education Courses
Supporting Courses

Geology Program's core courses are as follows:

• GEOL 201. Introductory Geology in the Field (offered only at the Science Station)
• GEOL 211. Physical Geology.
• GEOL 221. Physical Geology for Science Majors
• GEOL 321. Earth History and Stratigraphy
• GEOL 336. Process Geomorphology
• GEOL 342. Fundamentals of Geochemistry
• GEOL 343. Fundamentals of Mineral Science
• GEOL 344. General Petrology and Petrography
• GEOL 443. Structural Geology
• GEOL 412. Field Geology (offered only at the Science Station)
• GEOL 494. Senior Seminar Capstone

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Geology elective courses include:

• GEOL 215. Environmental Geology in the Field (offered primarily at the Science Station)
• GEOL 241x. Quantitative Methods (ENVR 241)
• GEOL 322. Geoarcheology
• GEOL 331x. Global Climate Change: Past, Present and Future
• GEOL 332. Studies in Regional Geology
• GEOL 355. Introduction to Soil Science
• GEOL 365. Physics of the Earth
• GEOL 371. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEOL 372. GIS Practicum
• GEOL 375. Biogeology
• GEOL 385. Topics in Earth Science
• GEOL 388. Appropriate Technology, Development, and the Environment
• GEOL 391x. Environmental Modeling (ENVR 391)
• GEOL 413. Rocky Mountain Regional Geology (offered only at the Science Station)
• GEOL 437. Hydrogeology
• GEOL 446. Sedimentology
• GEOL 495. Problems in Geology
• GEOL 496. Internship

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General Education courses offered by the Geology Department are:

I. Laboratory courses

• GEOL 201. Introductory Geology in the Field (offered only at the Science Station)
• GEOL 211. Physical Geology

II. Non-Laboratory courses

• GEOL 215. Environmental Geology in the Field (offered primarily at the Science Station)
• GEOL 205. Natural Disasters
• GEOL 208. General Oceanography
• GEOL 212x. Issues in Environmental Science (ENVR 221)
• GEOL 306. Earth Resources and Environment
• GEOL 311. Geology of the National Parks

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Supporting courses in other disciplines which are required for the Geology major include:

• CHEM 231. General Chemistry I or CHEM 236. Honors General Chemistry
• CHEM 232. General Chemistry II or CHEM 331. Inorganic Chemistry
• PHYS 231, 232. Classical Physics or PHYS 221, 222. General Physics
• MATH 218. Introduction to Calculus with Precalculus Mathematics (B.A. only)
• MATH 221. Applied Calculus or MATH 231. Calculus I
• MATH 232. Calculus II (recommended for B.S.)

The following supporting courses are required only for the B.S. or B.A. with a teacher certification in Physical Science with a Geology emphasis:

• PHYS 315. Topics in Physical Science
• ASTR 301. Planetary Astronomy
• ASTR 302. Stellar Astronomy
• BIO 241. College Biology I

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