General Earth Science: BS Degree Requirements
The Following Courses Are Required for All EES Majors Completing the General Earth Science Concentration
I. Core EES Courses
- Gateway
- EES 104**~ Dynamic Earth w/Lab - 4 credits
~Alternatives EES 106/112, EES 110/112, EES 220/112, EES 220/221
- Introductory
- EES 130^ Ancient Environments w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 224****^ Landform Analysis w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 330 Mineralogy and Rock Analysis w/Lab - 4 credits
- Foundation
- EES 322 Hydrology w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 340*** Geographic Information Systems w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 344 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 350 Field Methods in Earth Science - 4 credits
- EES 356 Structural Geology and Environmental Applications - 4 credits
Subtotal: 36 credits
II. Writing Intensive Course
- Choose one course:
- EES 342^^ Advanced Geographic Information Systems - 4 credits
- EES 402^^ Energy Issues in Geoscience - 3 credits
- EES 405^^ Energy Analysis - 3 credits
- EES 440^^ Process Geomorphology - 4 credits
Subtotal: 3-4 credits
III. Required Courses in Related Areas
- CHE 210/212 General Chemistry I w/Lab - 4 credits
- CHE 211/213 General Chemistry II w/Lab - 4 credits
- Choose one course:
- MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis - 3 credits
- MAT 243 Calculus I w/Technology - 3-4 credits
- Choose one course:
- PHY 204/205 Physics I and Physics II - 8 credits
- PHY 208/209 Physics I w/Calculus and Physics II w/Calculus - 8 credits
Subtotal: 19-20 credits
III. Natural Science Courses
- Choose two (2) courses:
- AST 214 Descriptive Astronomy w/ Lab - 4 credits
- EES 200 Oceanography - 3 credits
- PHY 217 Meteorology - 3 credits
Subtotal: 6-7 credits
Concentration total: 64-67 credits
IV. Recommended Electives
For students wanting to go beyond the above required courses, the following are options pertinent to an EES background:
- CHE 216 Organic Chemistry I w/Lab - 4 credits
- CHE 217 Organic Chemistry II w/Lab - 4 credits
- CHE 310 Environmental Chemistry - 3 credits
- CSC 110 Introduction to Computing and Problem Solving - 3 credits
- EES 392 Environmental Earth Science Practicum - 3 credits
- EES 480 Independent Study in Earth Science - 3 credits
- EES 486 Environmental Earth Science Research - 3 credits
- EES 491 Internship in Environmental Earth Science - 3 credits
- MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis - 3 credits
- MAT 244 Calculus II with Technology - 3 credits
- MAT 340 Calculus III with Technology - 3 credits
*approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Mathematics
**approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Natural Sciences
***approved substitution to meet the Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology
****approved substitution to meet the Liberal Arts core Tier II Natural Sciences
^meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement (must complete two courses)
^^meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement
