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Option I: General Geology
Major Requirements
- Geological Sciences 405 and 426P.
- Six semester hours of approved field coursework. This requirement may be met by Geological Sciences 660A and 660B. All field coursework should be completed during the same summer semester.
- Fifteen additional hours of approved upper-division coursework in geological sciences.
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
BS Geological Sciences, Option I: General Geology
| First Year |
|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | |
|---|
| GEO 401 or 303 | 4 | GEO 405 | 4 | |
| M 408C | 4 | M 408D | 4 | |
| CH 301 | 3 | CH 302 | 3 | |
| UGS 302 or 303 | 3 | E 316L, 316M, 316N, or 316P | 3 | |
| RHE 306 | 3 | | |
| | 17 | | 14 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | |
|---|
| GEO 416K | 4 | GEO 420K | 4 | |
| GEO 416M | 4 | GEO 426P | 4 | |
| PHY 303K | 3 | PHY 303L | 3 | |
| PHY 103M | 1 | PHY 103N | 1 | |
| US History | 3 | Visual/Performing Arts | 3 | |
| | 15 | | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | Summer Term | Hours |
|---|
| GEO 428 | 4 | GEO 325G | 3 | GEO 660A | 3 |
| US History | 3 | GEO Elective, Upper-division | 3 | GEO 660B | 3 |
| GEO Elective, Upper-division | 3 | Elective, Upper-division | 3 | |
| Tech Elective | 3 | Tech Elective | 3 | |
| Foreign Language or Culture | 3 | | |
| | 16 | | 12 | | 6 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | |
|---|
| GOV 310L | 3 | GOV 312L | 3 | |
| GEO Elective, Upper-division | 3 | Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| GEO Elective, Upper-division | 3 | GEO Elective, Upper-division | 4 | |
| Tech Elective, Upper-division | 3 | Tech Elective, Upper-division | 3 | |
| Foreign Language or Culture | 3 | Elective, Upper-division | 3 | |
| | 15 | | 16 |
| Total credit hours: 126 |
