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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology, B.S., (Petroleum or Environmental)


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Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Geology
Total Credit Hours: 121
Career Opportunities: Environmental Geology - Environmental protection agencies, Mining well service and drilling companies.
Petroleum Geology - Petroleum industry including oil and gas exploration and production, universities, colleges.

Freshman Year (31 credit hours)


Required Courses


Note:


1 Students who meet criteria set by the Department of Mathematics may register for MATH 270  upon entry. Those who do not meet these qualifications must take MATH 143 . Students are advised to complete this course in the summer semester prior to the freshman year.

2 With approval of the Department of Geology, TWO of the following may be substituted for MATH 301  :STAT 427G , STAT 428G , or ENVS 455G  and ENVS 464G , provided that the student satisfies core curriculum requirements by taking six hours of mathematics. NOTE: most graduate programs and many professional careers require the second calculus course.

Electives


Fine Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Fine Arts courses.

Sophomore Year (30 credit hours)


Electives


Biology (4 Credits)


History (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of History courses.

English Literature (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

Junior Year (26 credit hours)


Electives


Concentration (6 Credits)


Concentrations: environmental geology, petroleum geology. A list of courses that satisfy concentration electives is available from the advisors.

Senior Year (34 credit hours)


Required Courses


Electives


Concentration (9 Credits)


Concentrations: environmental geology, petroleum geology. A list of courses that satisfy concentration electives is available from the advisors.

Geology (3 Credits)


Choose from any 300 or 400 level GEOL or ENVS course.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Social/Behavioral Science courses. Three hours must be at the 200-level or above.

Elective (3 Credits)


General Education Core Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
MATH 270 
MATH 301  
PHYS 207 
PHYS 208 
Any BIOL
ECON 300 
and
Choose 3 cr from the Gen Ed Course List  
History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
ENGL 365   Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  

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