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Degree Programs

Forestry | Geology | Natural Resources | Watershed Science Certificate

Geology

A study of processes affecting the earth - geological, hydrological, and chemical.
Physical Geology (Geol 121)
Historical Geology (Geol 222)
Mineralogy (Geol 221)
Petrology (Geol 320)
Structural Geology (Geol 325)
Sedimentology (Geol 225)
Econ Geological Resources (Geol 215)
Intro to Forestry (Fors 121) (by end of Jr. year)
Hydrology (Fors/Geol 314) or
Paleoecology (Geol 230)
Junior Presentations Seminar (Geol 332)
Senior Interdisciplinary Field Project (Geol 432)
Also Required:
General Chemistry (Chem 101)
General Chemistry (Chem 102 or 104)
One course in Math
One course: Math, Computer Sci, or GIS

Recommended (not required): Physics (Phys 101 or 102)
Summer Field Camp (at another institution)
Environmental Ethics (Phil 230) or
Religion and Ecology (Relg 341)

Note: All BS degrees require 4 science/math courses outside the major; 2 with lab


updated: May 20, 2011
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