Degree Requirements - BS(Professional) in Geology  

Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

  1. General Education requirements, ... 42 s.h.
  2. Required geology courses: GEOL 1500 and 1501, or 1550 or 1700; 1600; 3050, 3051; 3150, 3151;3200, 32013300, 3301; 4000; 4010, 4011; 4020, 4021; 4200, 4201 ... 39 s.h.
  3. Concentration (select one) ... 7 s.h.
    Coastal and Marine Geology        
    GEOL 1550, 5300, or 5350
    Environmental Geology
            GEOL 1700, 5150, or 5450
    General Geology         7 s.h. selected from GEOL courses
  4. Required cognate courses ... 28 s.h.
  5.         MATH 1065. College Algebra (3)
            CHEM 1150, 1151. General Chemistry and Laboratory I (3,1)
            CHEM 1160, 1161. General Chemistry and Laboratory II (3,1)
            9 s.h. of approved courses in calculus, statistics, and/or computer applications
            8 s.h. of approved BIOL, CHEM, and/or PHYS courses

  6. Electives to complete requirements for graduation.

NOTE: Students who plan to pursue graduate degrees in geology should complete a year of physics and a year of calculus.

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