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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Science in Geology

Location(s): Face-to-face

Specific courses required for this degree:

Completion of the Following Required Courses:

GSCI 109 - Dynamic Earth 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 112 - Earth History 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 201 - Intro to Cartography and GIS 3 Credit(s)
GSCI 321 - Geomorphology w/Env Applic 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 331 - Macro and Optical Mineralogy 5 Credit(s)
GSCI 334 - Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology 5 Credit(s)
GSCI 343 - Sedimentology & Stratigraphy 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 371 - Structural Geology 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 450 - Senior Capstone in Geosciences 2 Credit(s)
GSCI 495 - Field Geology 6 Credit(s)

A Minimum of 2 of the Following Three Courses:

GSCI 330 - Nature and Properties of Soils 4 Credit(s)
GSCI 433 - Environmental Geochem Model 3 Credit(s)
GSCI 440 - Groundwater 4 Credit(s)

Completion of Required Support courses:

CHEM 131 - General Chemistry GT-SC1 4 Credit(s)
CHEM 131L - General Chemistry Lab 1 Credit(s)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry GT-SC1 4 Credit(s)
CHEM 132L - General Chemistry Lab 1 Credit(s)
MATH 107 - Trig/ Analytic Geometry GT-MA1 3 Credit(s)
PHYS 225 - College Physics I GT-SC1 5 Credit(s)
PHYS 226 - College Physics II 5 Credit(s)

Recommended Courses:

GSCI 123 - Geology of the San Luis Valley 1 Credit(s)
GSCI 350 - Geology Excursion 2 Credit(s)
MATH 120 - Calculus I GT-MA1 5 Credit(s)
MATH 205 - Intro to Statistical Methods 3 Credit(s)