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

(Major Code: 19141) (SIMS Code: 775390)

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 Paleontology

Preparation for the Major

(43 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 205 - Historical Geology Units: 4
GEOL 221 - Mineralogy Units: 3
BIOL 203 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Units: 3
BIOL 203L - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory Units: 1
BIOL 204 - Principles of Organismal Biology Units: 3
BIOL 204L - Principles of Organismal Biology Laboratory Units: 1
BIOL 215 - Biostatistics Units: 3
CHEM 200 - General Chemistry Units: 5
CHEM 201 - General 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 182A - 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 36 upper division units in approved courses to include

GEOL 306 - Structural Geology and Field Methods Units: 5
GEOL 324 - Petrology Units: 3
GEOL 336 - Sedimentology and Lithostratigraphy Units: 3
GEOL 508 - Advanced Field Geology Units: 4 or 6 (4 units)
BIOL 352 - Evolution Units: 3
BIOL 354 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 3
15 upper division units of departmentally approved courses

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

Emphasis in Paleontology

Preparation for the Major

Recommended

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

Major