Earth Science Minor
Coordinator:
Dave Dobson
The earth science minor is designed for students who would like to gain significant experience in the geological sciences. This minor is suitable for students from every division on campus, including humanities, social sciences, arts and business and policy studies. For instance, an English major might go on to become a technical writer or editor; an art major might be interested in clayand glaze mineralogy or gemology; social scientists may wish to study GIS and mapping techniques; and pre-law students could go on to study environmental law.For majors in the other sciences, physics, chemistry and biology majors could all find the skills learned in the minor useful to their future careers.The most important and rapidly growing fields of science are those that are appearing at the boundaries of scientific disciplines.
The minor in earth science is not available to geology and earth sciences majors.
Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).
1. GEOL 121 Geology and the Environment |
4 credits |
2. One course from: |
4 credits |
GEOL 335 Structural Geology |
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GEOL 416 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy |
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IDS 437 Barrier Islands: Ecology & Development |
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IDS 461 Nothin’ But Disasters |
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3.-4. Two courses from: |
8 credits |
GEOL 122 Historical Geology |
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GEOL 223 Hydrology |
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GEOL 242 Natural Science Seminars |
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GEOL 311 Optical Mineralogy |
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GEOL 312 Petrology |
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GEOL 340 Images of the Earth: GIS and Remote Sensing |
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GEOL 415 Paleontology |
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GEOL 450 Special Topics |
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Total credit hours required for earth science minor |
16 credits |
The minor’s entry point is GEOL 121 or 141. Then students may select from a number of geology lab courses and finally take a specially designated capstone course.