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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog

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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Geological Sciences Major, B.S.

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Required Core Courses

GEOL 101LAB - Physical Geology Laboratory Credits: (1)
GEOL 200 - Earth Evolution and Global Change Credits: (5)
GEOL 210 - Introduction to Geologic Field Methods Credits: (4)
GEOL 320 - Rocks and Minerals Credits: (5)
GEOL 370 - Stratigraphy Credits: (5)
GEOL 380 - Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards Credits: (4)
GEOL 386 - Geomorphology Credits: (5)
GEOL 445 - Hydrogeology Credits: (5)
GEOL 487 - End-of-Major Review Seminar Credits: (1)

Select Either

GEOL 101 - Physical Geology Credits: (4)
GEOL 102 - Geology of National Parks Credits: (4)
GEOL 108 - Introduction to Environmental Geology Credits: (5)

Select Either

GEOL 425 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (5)
OR
GEOL 483 - Isotope Geochemistry Credits: (5)

Electives selected from the following - Credits: 17 to 20

BIOL 360 - General Ecology Credits: (5)
BIOL 362 - Biomes of the Pacific Northwest Credits: (4)
CHEM 345 - Environmental Chemistry Credits: (5)
GEOG 361 - Soils Credits: (5)
GEOG 382 - Hydrology Credits: (5)
GEOL 302 - Oceans and Atmosphere Credits: (4)
GEOL 377 - Regional Natural History Credits: (2)
and
GEOL 377LAB - Regional Natural History Credits: (3)
GEOL 410 - Snow Sciences: The Physics of Avalanches Credits: (4)
GEOL 415 - Earthquake Geology and Neotectonics Credits: (5)
GEOL 425 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (5)
GEOL 430 - Remote Sensing Credits: (5)
GEOL 474 - Quaternary Geology Credits: (4)
GEOL 478 - Volcanology Credits: (5)
GEOL 483 - Isotope Geochemistry Credits: (5)
HIST 454 - American Environmental History Credits: (5)
PHIL 306 - Environmental Ethics Credits: (5)

Must take at least one of the following courses:

ECON 462 - Economics of Energy, Resources, and Environment Credits: (5)
ENST 303 - Environmental Management Credits: (5)
GEOG 305 - Introduction to Land Use Planning Credits: (5)
GEOG 373 - Water Resources Credits: (4)
GEOG 445 - Natural Resources Policy Credits: (4)

Geology Core Total Credits: 62 to 65

Allied Science Requirements for Bachelor of Science Environmental Geological Sciences Degree

A one year series is required in Chemistry and Mathematics, two quarters are required in Physics, and one quarter is required in Biology.

Chemistry - Credits: (15)

CHEM 181 - General Chemistry I Credits: (4)
and
CHEM 181LAB - General Chemistry Laboratory I Credits: (1)
CHEM 182 - General Chemistry II Credits: (4)
and
CHEM 182LAB - General Chemistry Laboratory II Credits: (1)
Required
CHEM 183 - General Chemistry III Credits: (4)
CHEM 183LAB - General Chemistry Laboratory III Credits: (1)

Physics - Credits: (10 to 15)

PHYS 181 - General Physics Credits: (4)
PHYS 181LAB - General Physics Laboratory Credits: (1)
and
PHYS 182 - General Physics II Credits: (4)
PHYS 182LAB - General Physics Laboratory II Credits: (1)

Substitutions

The following may be used to substitute for the above physics courses

PHYS 111 - Introductory Physics Credits: (4)
PHYS 111LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory Credits: (1)
PHYS 112 - Introductory Physics II Credits: (4)
PHYS 112LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory II Credits: (1)
PHYS 113 - Introductory Physics III Credits: (4)
PHYS 113LAB - Introductory Physics Laboratory III Credits: (1)

Mathematics - Credits: (15)

MATH 172 - Calculus I Credits: (5)
and
MATH 173 - Calculus II Credits: (5)
and
MATH 311 - Statistical Concepts and Methods Credits: (5)

Biology - Credits: (5)

BIOL 200 - Plants in the Modern World Credits: (5)

Allied Science Total Credits: 45 to 50

Bachelor of Science Environmental Geological Sciences Total Credits: 107 to 115

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