Departments & Programs
Department of Earth Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Geology
(Granted by Indiana University)
Degree Requirements
First-Year Experience Course Beginning freshmen and transfer students with less than 18 credit hours are required to take SCI-I120 Windows on Science (1 cr.) or an equivalent first-year experience course.
Area I English Composition and Communication Skills See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin. The second semester of English composition may be satisfied by ENG-W132 or ENG-W231. GEOL-G205 may satisfy the second writing course requirement in Area I, but the 3 credit hours cannot then also be counted as part of the geology credit hours required in Area IV.
Area II Foreign Language No foreign language proficiency is required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Area IIIA Humanities, Social Sciences, and Comparative World Cultures See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
Area IIIB Junior/Senior Integrator The Junior/Senior Integrator requirement is suspended indefinitely as a department-level requirement.
Area IIIC Physical and Biological Sciences CHEM-C105 / CHEM-C125, CHEM-C106 / CHEM-C126; PHYS-P201 / PHYS-P202 or PHYS 15200 / PHYS 25100; and two courses in biological sciences, approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Area IIID Mathematical Sciences MATH 16500 / MATH 16600; CSCI-N207 or another CSCI course approved by the Department of Earth Sciences; and STAT 30100 or another course approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Note: Computer Science CSCI-N100 level courses and CIT 10600 do not count for credit toward any degree in the School of Science. Also, CSCI-N241 and CSCI-N299 do not count in Area IIID, but may count as an elective.
Area IV Geology Concentration Requirements GEOL-G110, GEOL-G120, GEOL-G205, GEOL-G335, GEOL-G221, GEOL-G222, GEOL-G334, four 300-level or higher geology courses, and a field camp of at least 3 credit hours approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. Other 100-level courses, GEOL-G300, GEOL-G307, and one to two credit courses do not count toward the geology concentration requirement, but may be applied as electives toward the university-required total of 122 credit hours. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
General Two science courses outside the Department of Earth Sciences at the 300 or 400-level approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in either of these courses.
Other Requirements See the School of Science requirements under Undergraduate Programs, Baccalaureate Degree, General Requirements in this bulletin. GEOL-G420 satisfies the School of Science capstone requirement.
Bachelor of Science Sample Program (122 cr. required)
| Freshman Year |
|
| First Semester | |
| GEOL-G110 Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL-G120 Physical Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 16500 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I | 4 |
| CSCI-N 207 Data Analysis Using Spreadsheets | 3 |
| ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition I | 3 |
| SCI-I120 Windows on Science | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
| Second Semester | |
| COMM-R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
3 |
| CHEM-C105 Principles of Chemistry I |
3 |
| CHEM-C125 Experimental Chemistry I |
2 |
| MATH 16600 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II |
4 |
| Second Composition Course | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Sophomore Year | |
| Third Semester | |
| GEOL-G335 Evolution of the Earth and Life |
4 |
| GEOL-G221 Introductory Mineralogy | 4 |
| CHEM-C106 Principles of Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-C126 Experimental Chemistry II | 2 |
| PHYS-P201 General Physics I | 5 |
| Total | 18 |
| Fourth Semester | |
| GEOL-G205 Reporting Skills in Geoscience | 3 |
| GEOL-G222 Introductory Petrology | 4 |
| BIOL-K101 Concepts of Biology I | 5 |
| PHYS-P202 General Physics II | 5 |
| Total | 17 |
| Junior Year | |
| Fifth Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/GEOL-G400 elective | 4 |
| GEOL-G334 Principles of Sedimentation and Stratigraphy | 4 |
| BIOL-K103 Concepts of Biology II | 5 |
| HIST-H114 History of Western Civilization II | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Sixth Semester | |
| GEOL-G323 Structural Geology | 4 |
| STAT 30100 Elementary Statistical Methods I | 3 |
| 300-400-level Non-geology Science Elective | 3 |
| Social Sciences - List S | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Senior Year |
|
| Seventh Semester | |
| GEOL-G400 level Electives | 6 |
| Comparative World Cultures - List C | 3 |
| Humanities - List H | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
| Eighth Semester | |
| Field Course | 3 |
| 300-400-level Non-geology Science Elective | 3 |
| Electives | 8 |
| CAND 99100 Candidate for Graduation | 0 |
| Total | 14 |