Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Geosciences

1. The University requirements for bachelor's degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Geosciences.
   
   The University's Tier II writing requirement for the Environmental Geosciences major is met by completing Geological Sciences 401.  That course is referenced in item 3. b. below.
   
   Students who are enrolled in the College of Natural Science may complete the alternative track to Integrative Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences that is described in item 1. under the heading Graduation Requirements in the College statement.  Certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be used to satisfy the alternative track.
2. The requirements of the College of Natural Science for the Bachelor of Science degree.
   
   The credits earned in certain courses referenced in requirement 3. below may be counted toward College requirements as appropriate.
3. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	The following courses outside the Department of Geological Sciences (24 to 26 credits):
   	(1)	All of the following courses (8 credits):
   		CEM	161	Chemistry Laboratory I			1
   		MTH	132	Calculus I			3
   		MTH	133	Calculus II			4
   	(2)	One of the following groups of courses (7 credits):
   		(a)	CEM	141	General Chemistry I		4
   			CEM	142	General and Inorganic Chemistry		3
   		(b)	CEM	151	General and Descriptive Chemistry		4
   			CEM	152	Principles of Chemistry		3
   	(3)	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		MTH	234	Multivariable Calculus			4
   		STT	200	Statistical Methods			3
   		STT	201	Statistical Methods			4
   		STT	231	Statistics for Scientists			3
   		STT	421	Statistics I			3
   	(4)	One of the following groups of courses (8 credits):
   		(a)	PHY	231	Introductory Physics I		3
   			PHY	232	Introductory Physics II		3
   			PHY	251	Introductory Physics Laboratory I		1
   			PHY	252	Introductory Physics Laboratory II		1
   		(b)	PHY	183	Physics for Scientists and Engineers I		4
   			PHY	184	Physics for Scientists and Engineers II		4
   	(5)	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		GEO	203	Introduction to Meteorology			3
   		ZOL	303	Oceanography			4
   	(6)	One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		GEO	324	Remote Sensing of the Environment			4
   		GEO	325	Geographic Information Systems			3
   		STT	464	Statistics for Biologists			3
   	(7)	One of the following courses (3 credits):
   		GEO	435	Geography of Health and Disease			3
   		ZOL	355	Ecology			3
   b.	The following courses in the Department of Geological Sciences (31 credits):
   	GLG	201	The Dynamic Earth				4
   	GLG	304	Physical and Biological History of the Earth				4
   	GLG	321	Mineralogy and Geochemistry				4
   	GLG	401	Global Tectonics and Earth Structure (W)				4
   	GLG	411	Hydrogeology				3
   	GLG	412	Glacial Geology and the Record of Climate Change				4
   	GLG	421	Environmental Geochemistry				4
   	GLG	431	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (W)				4
   	The completion of GLG 401 satisfies the department’s capstone course requirement.
   c.	One course from each of the following areas (9 or 10 credits):
   	Geophysical Systems
   	CE	421	Engineering Hydrology				3
   	GEO	409	Global Climate Change and Variability				3
   	GLG	413	Groundwater Contamination				3
   	GLG	471	Applied Geophysics				4
   	GLG	481	Reservoirs and Aquifers				3
   	Geochemical Systems
   	CE	481	Environmental Chemistry - Equalibrium Concepts				3
   	CEM	251	Organic Chemistry I				3
   	CSS	455	Pollutants in the Soil Environment				3
   	Geobiological Systems
   	ENT	319	Introduction to Earth Systems Science				3
   	FW	420	Stream Ecology				3
   	MMG	425	Microbial Ecology				3
   	MMG	426	Biogeochemistry				3
   d.	Additional credits in Geological Science courses at the 300-400 level to total 40 credits.  The credits that are used to satisfy this requirement may be used to satisfy either the requirements for the geological sciences major or the requirements for the environmental geosciences major, but not both of these requirements.
   	Plant Biology 335 and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 426 may be used to satisfy either the requirements for the major or the requirements referenced under the heading Graduation Requirements in the College statement, but not both of those requirements.

Concentration in Geophysics

A concentration in geophysics is also available. Students must complete all of the following courses. Courses that are used to satisfy the requirements for the concentration may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Geosciences. The concentration will be noted on the student’s transcript.