The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Program-specific curriculum:

Prerequisite courses:
GEOL 1002Historical Geology
GEOL 1001Physical Geology
or GEOL 1005 Environmental Geology
Required courses in related areas:
CHEM 1111
& CHEM 1112		General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry II
One of the following:
PHYS 1011
& PHYS 1012		General Physics I
and General Physics II
Or
ASTR 1001
& ASTR 1002		Stars, Planets, and Life in the Universe
and Origins of the Cosmos
One of the following:
MATH 1220
& MATH 1221		Calculus with Precalculus I
and Calculus with Precalculus II
MATH 1231Single-Variable Calculus I
STAT 1051Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics
STAT 1053Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
STAT 1111Business and Economic Statistics I
STAT 1127Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Required courses for the major:
GEOL 2111Mineralogy
GEOL 2112Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOL 2122Structural Geology
GEOL 3126Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOL 4195Geological Field Methods
Four courses chosen with approval of the program advisor from the following list of designated courses:
GEOL 2106Oceanography
GEOL 2151Introduction to Paleontology
GEOL 2159Geobotanical Ecology of the Central Appalachians
GEOL 2190Special Topics in Geology (3 credits only)
GEOL 3118Volcanology
GEOL 3131Global Climate Change
GEOL 3138Hydrogeology
GEOL 3140Geochemistry
GEOL 3189Geophysics
GEOL 3191Geology of Energy Resources
GEOL 4199Undergraduate Research or Reading (3 credits only)