Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geology:

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Option

The Geographic Information Systems Option is for those who want to combine Geology with computer technology to display and analyze spatial data using the GIS software.

The University’s core curriculum is required for all bachelor’s degrees. Note That Bachelor of Arts degrees require 14 hours of foreign language/cultural studies courses

Geology Requirements for the Major

1425 (Earth Systems)

1426 (Earth Systems History) or 2406 (Geologic Time)

2445 (Mineralogy)

2446 (Petrology)

3441 (Paleontology)

3442 (Sedimentology)

3443 (Structure)

4330 (Understanding GIS)

4331 (Analysis of Spatial Data)

4332 (Geographic Positioning System)

4333 (Remote Sensing)

Requirements for the Minor

18 hours in a single department of which six must be upper division.

Natural Science other than Geology

Biology, 8 hrs (1441 and 1442)

Chemistry, 8 hrs (1441 and 1442)

Physics, 8 hrs (1441 and 1442)

Mathematics

College Algebra and Trigonometry (1324 or 1302 and 1303)

Statistics (1308 or 3316)