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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: GEOLOGY
CONCENTRATION: PALEOBIOLOGY

CURRICULUM                                   CREDITS
Students must complete the university and college level requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Geology.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
One of the following:
GEOL 107 General Geology 4                       
or
GEOL 105/GEOL 115 Geologic Hazards and their Human Impact and Laboratory (GEOL105 and GEOL115 must be taken concurrently) 4
or
GEOL 113 Earth Science 4

and
GEOL 300     Earth's Materials I: Minerals 4                    
GEOL 302 Earth's Materials II: Rocks 4
GEOL 303 Earth's Surface I: Surficial Processes 4
GEOL 304 Earth's Surface II: Stratigraphy 4
GEOL 305 Earth Lithosphere I: Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics 4
GEOL 306 Earth's Lithosphere II: Field Geology 4
GEOL 307 Earth's History I: Paleobiology 4
GEOL 308 Earth's History II: Earth System Science 4
GEOL 405 Introduction to Research 3



Geology Electives 6   
GEOL 385 or any 400-level GEOL or other GEOL courses approved in writing by the department, including field courses taken as transfer work.

BISC 207 Introductory Biology I and II 4        
BISC 208 Introductory Biology II 4
BISC 495 Evolution 3
CHEM 103 General Chemistry I 4
CHEM 104 General Chemistry II 4


One of the following
BISC 302 General Ecology 3      
BISC 321 Environmental Biology 3


Two of the following
BISC 300 Introduction to Microbiology 4         
BISC 303         Genetic and Evolutionary Biology 4
BISC 480 Vertebrate Natural History 4


One of the following
MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics I 3
MATH 230 Finite Mathematics with Applications 3
MATH 241 Analytic Geometry and Calculus A 4
MATH 205 Statistical Methods 4

ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirements for the degree.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 124


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