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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Geology BS Semester Guide

Freshmen

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
MAT 167 - Calculus I with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
GLY 101 - Physical Geology 3 hrs.
GLY 101L - Physical Geology Laboratory 1 hr.
General Electives 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MAT 168 - Calculus II with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
GLY 103 - Historical Geology 3 hrs.
GLY 103L - Historical Geology Laboratory 1 hr.

Select 1:

CSC 101 - Computer Science I 3 hrs. AND
CSC 101L - Computer Science I Laboratory 1 hr.

Sophomore

1st semester (15 hours)

CHE 106 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs.
CHE 106L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr.
MAR 151 - Introduction to Ocean Science 3 hrs.
MAR 151L - Introduction to Ocean Science Laboratory 1 hr.
PHY 111 - General Physics I 3 hrs.
PHY 111L - General Physics I Laboratory 1 hr.

Select 1:

MAT 169 - Calculus III with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
CSS 211 - Statistical Methods I 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

PHY 112 - General Physics II 3 hrs.
PHY 112L - General Physics II Laboratory 1 hr.
CHE 107 - General Chemistry II 3 hrs.
CHE 107L - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 hr.
GLY 301 - Mineralogy 3 hrs.
GLY 301L - Mineralogy Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 110 - Principles of Biological Science I 3 hrs.
BSC 110L - Principles of Biological Science I Laboratory 1 hr.

Junior

1st semester (14 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
GLY 308 - Structural Geology 3 hrs.
GLY 308L - Structural Geology Laboratory 1 hr.
GLY Approved Elective 3 hrs.
GLY 310 - Geomorphology 3 hrs.
GLY 310L - Geomorphology Laboratory 1 hr.

2nd semester (14 hours)

GLY 304 - Petrology 3 hrs.
GLY 304L - Petrology Laboratory 1 hr.
GLY 341 - Invertebrate Paleontology 3 hrs.
GLY 341L - Invertebrate Paleontology Laboratory 1 hr.
GLY, GHY, BSC, or MAR electives as approved by advisor 6 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (14 hours)

GLY 401 - Principles of Stratigraphy 3 hrs.
GLY 405 - Sedimentology 3 hrs.
GLY 405L - Sedimentology Laboratory 1 hr.
General Electives 4 hrs.

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Summer (6 hours)

GLY 480 - Field Geology 6 hrs. (Required: summer field camp)