Geological Sciences, Emphasis in Environmental Geosciences, B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences

(Major Code: 19141) (SIMS Code: 775318)

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 Environmental Geosciences

Preparation for the Major

(40-41 units)

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 either
GEOL 104 - Earth Science Units: 3
or
ENV S 100 - Environmental Sciences Units: 3 also listed as
SUSTN 100 - Environmental Sciences Units: 3
GEOL 200 - Geologic Inquiry and Problem Solving Units: 3
GEOL 221 - Mineralogy Units: 3
BIOL 100 - General Biology Units: 3
BIOL 100L - General Biology Laboratory Units: 1
CHEM 200 - General Chemistry Units: 5
CHEM 201 - General Chemistry Units: 5
CHEM 232 - Organic Chemistry Units: 3 and
CHEM 232L - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Units: 1
or
CHEM 251 - Analytical Chemistry Units: 5
MATH 124 - Calculus for the Life Sciences Units: 4
or
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
PHYS 180A - Fundamentals of Physics Units: 3
PHYS 180B - Fundamentals of Physics Units: 3
PHYS 182A - Physical Measurements Laboratory Units: 1
PHYS 182B - Physical Measurements 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 39 upper division units in approved courses to include

GEOL 306 - Structural Geology and Field Methods Units: 5
GEOL 307 - Geophysics and Field Methods Units: 4
GEOL 324 - Petrology Units: 3
GEOL 336 - Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy Units: 3
GEOL 505 - Imaging and GIS in Disaster Response Units: 3
GEOL 514 - Process Geomorphology Units: 3
GEOL 530 - Geochemistry Units: 3
GEOL 551 - Hydrogeology Units: 3

12 Upper Division Units

12 upper division units selected from