Geological Sciences, Emphasis in Geophysics, B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences

(Major Code: 19141) (SIMS Code: 775346)

All candidates for a degree in applied arts and sciences must complete the graduation requirements listed in the section of this catalog on “Graduation Requirements .” All required upper division courses must be taken for letter grades only, not credit/no credit.

Courses to satisfy the requirement of 36 or more upper division units in the major may be selected from upper division geological sciences courses not explicitly excluded. Students may petition the department to include courses from other disciplines to complete the upper division major requirement.

A minor is not required with this major.

Emphasis in Geophysics

Preparation for the Major

(39 units)

A E 280 must be taken if student selects A E 515 and/or A E 340 in the major.

OCEAN 100 - The Ocean Planet Units: 4
or
GEOL 100 - Planet Earth Units: 3 and
GEOL 101 - Dynamics of the Earth Laboratory Units: 1
or
GEOL 101 - Dynamics of the Earth Laboratory Units: 1 and
GEOL 104 - Earth Science Units: 3
GEOL 200 - Geologic Inquiry and Problem Solving Units: 3
GEOL 221 - Mineralogy Units: 3
CHEM 200 - General Chemistry Units: 5
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 151 - Calculus II Units: 4
MATH 252 - Calculus III Units: 4
PHYS 195 - Principles of Physics Units: 3
PHYS 195L - Principles of Physics Laboratory Units: 1
PHYS 196 - Principles of Physics Units: 3
PHYS 196L - Principles of Physics Laboratory Units: 1
PHYS 197 - Principles of Physics Units: 3
PHYS 197L - Principles of Physics Laboratory Units: 1

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

Passing the Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 10 or completing one of the approved upper division writing courses (W) with a grade of C (2.0) or better. See “Graduation Requirements ” section for a complete listing of requirements.

Major

A minimum of 36-39 upper division units in approved courses to include

GEOL 300 - Geological Data Analysis Units: 3
GEOL 306 - Structural Geology and Field Methods Units: 5
GEOL 307 - Geophysics and Field Methods Units: 4
GEOL 324 - Petrology Units: 3
GEOL 560 - Earthquake Seismology Units: 3
MATH 342A - Methods of Applied Mathematics I Units: 3 and
MATH 342B - Methods of Applied Mathematics II Units: 3
or
A E 515 - Methods of Analysis Units: 3 But not both.

Two Courses Selected from

GEOL 336 - Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy Units: 3
PHYS 350 - Classical Mechanics Units: 3 *
PHYS 400A - Classical Electromagnetism Units: 3 *
or
E E 340 - Electric and Magnetic Fields Units: 3 * But not both.
Nine upper division units of approved courses in geological sciences at the 500-level

Note

*Additional prerequisites required.