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General Earth Science Major:
BS Degree Requirements
To graduate with a degree in earth science, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA 2.0 in courses required for the major. No science or math courses required for the major may be taken on a credit/no credit basis. Students majoring in Environmental Earth Science are exempt from the University's General Education Natural Science Requirement (UIB).
In addition to the following courses, which are required for all General Earth Science majors the recomomennded electives for the General Earth Science Track are the same as the EES track, part IV:
I. Core EES Courses: 36
Subject Course Title Credits
*EES 104 Dynamic Earth w/Lab 4
EES 130 Ancient Environments w/Lab 4
EES 224 Landform Analysis w/Lab 4
EES 322 Hydrology w/Lab 4
EES 330 Mineralogy and Rock Analysis w/Lab 4
EES 340 Geographic Information Systems w/Lab 4
EES 344 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy w/Lab 4
EES 350 Field Methods in Earth Science 4
EES 356 Structural Geology and Environmental Applications 4
*Alternatives 106, 110, 125, 202 w/Lab 112
II. Writing Intensive EES Courses: 3-4 credits. One of the Following:
EES 336 Applied Hydrogeochemistry (WI) 3
EES 342 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (WI) 4
EES 402 Energy Issues in Geoscience (WI) 3
EES 442 Groundwater Hydrology (WI) 3
EES 436 Introduction to Contaminant Hydrogeology (WI) 3
EES 440 Process Geomorphology (WI) 4
III. Required Courses in Related Areas: 19 credits
Subject Course Title Credits
CHE 210/213 General Chemistry I and II with labs 4
MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis 3
or
MAT 243 Calculus I w/Technology 4
PHY 204/205 Physics I and Physics II, or 4
PHY 208/209 Physics I w/Calculus and Physics II w/Calculus 4
III. Natural Science Courses: 6-8 Credits
Subject Course Title Credits
EES 200 Oceanography 4
AST 214 Descipitive Astronomy w/Lab 3
PHY 217 Meterology 3
EES 362 Climate and Weather 3
1For students wanting to go beyond the above required courses, the following are options pertinent to an EES background.
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