The Geology Major

First Year
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
GL110 Intro to Geology 4 GL156 Historical Geology 4
EN101 Comp & Lit 3 EN102  Comp & Lit 3
MA107 Precalculus Math 4 MA108 Applied Calculus 4
CH103 General Chemistry 4 CH104 General Chemistry 4
  15   15

Second Year
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
GL2XX Elective * 3-4 GL2XX Elective * 3-4
EN201 World Lit. 3 EN202  World Lit. 3
PS201 General Physics 4 PS202 General Physics 4
  Soc. Sci. Elec. ‡ 3   Humanities Elec. 3
  Elective 3-4   Elective 3-4
GL251 Soph. Sem. in Geol. 1      
  17-19   16-18

Third Year
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
GL2XX Elective * 3-4 GL2XX Elective * 3-4
  Tech. Elect. ** 3-4   Tech. Elect. ** 3-4
  Hist. Elect. *** 3   Ethics Elect. ∞ 3
MA232 Elem. Stats. 3   Elective 3-4
  Elective 3-4   Elective 3-4
  15-18   15-19

Fourth Year
Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits
GL2XX Elective * 3-4 GL2XX Elective * 3-4
GL450 Dir. Study in Geology 4 GL451 Senior Seminar 3
  Tech. Elect. ** 3-4   Tech. Elect. ** 3-4
  Elective 3-4   Elective 3
  Elective 3-4   Elective 3-4
  16-20   15-19

* These six electives must include Sedimentation (GL257), Structural Geology (GL262), and Mineralogy (GL263).

** Technical Electives for this degree include Science, Mathematics (above MA103), Engineering or Information Systems (above IS120) courses

*** except HI109

∞ PH323 Enviro. Ethics strongly recommended.

‡ Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, or Economics