Departments & Programs
Department of Earth Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Geology
(Granted by Indiana University)
Degree Requirements
First-Year Experience Course Beginning freshmen and transfer students with less than 18 credit hours are required to take SCI-I120 Windows on Science (1 cr.) or an equivalent first-year experience course.
Area I English Composition and Communication Skills See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin. The second semester of English composition may be satisfied by ENG-W132 or ENG-W231. GEOL-G205 may satisfy the second writing requirement in Area I, but the 3 credit hours cannot then also be counted as part of the geology credit hours required in Area IV.
Area II Foreign Language First-year proficiency in a modern foreign language is required for the Bachelor of Arts degree program. See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
Area IIIA Humanities, Social Sciences, and Comparative World Cultures See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
Area IIIB Junior/Senior Integrator The Junior/Senior Integrator requirement is suspended indefinitely as a department-level requirement.
Area IIIC Physical and Biological Sciences See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin, but all four courses must include laboratories; Two of the four courses must include CHEM-C105 / CHEM-C125 and CHEM-C106 / CHEM-C126 and at least one of the four courses must be in biological sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Area IIID Mathematical Sciences MATH 15300 / MATH 15400 or MATH 15900 and CSCI-N207 or another CSCI course approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Note: Computer Science CSCI-N100 level courses and CIT 10600 do not count for credit toward any degree in the School of Science. Also, CSCI-N241 and CSCI-N299 do not count in Area IIID, but may count as an elective.
Area IV Geology Concentration Requirements GEOL-G110, GEOL-G120, GEOL-G205, GEOL-G335, GEOL-G221, GEOL-G222, GEOL-G334 and four 300-level or higher geology courses. Other 100-level courses, GEOL-G300, GEOL-G307, and one to two credit courses do not count toward the geology concentration, but may be applied as electives toward the university-required total of 122 credit hours. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Students pursuing the earth science teaching option must complete: GEOL-G110, GEOL-G120, GEOL-G205, GEOL-G221, GEOL-G222, GEOL-G304, GEOL-G334, GEOL-G335, and two 400-level electives approved by the academic advisor.
Other Requirements
See the School of Science requirements under Undergraduate Programs, Baccalaureate Degree, General Requirements in this bulletin. GEOL-G420, GEOL-G460, or GEOL-G495 may be used to satisfy the School of Science capstone requirement, with approval by the Department of Earth Sciences.
Bachelor of Arts Sample Program (122 cr. required)
Freshman Year
| First Semester | |
| GEOL-G110 Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL-G120 Physical Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM-C105 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM-C125 Experimental Chemistry I | 2 |
| ENG-W131 Elementary Composition I | 3 |
| MATH 15300 Algebra and Trigonometry I | 3 |
| SCI-I120 Windows on Science | 1 |
| Total | 16 |
| Second Semester | |
| CHEM-C106 Principles of Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-C126 Experimental Chemistry II | 2 |
| MATH 15400 Algebra and Trigonometry II | 3 |
| COMM-R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| Second Composition Course | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | |
| GEOL-G335 Evolution of the Earth and Life |
4 |
| GEOL-G221 Mineralogy |
4 |
| BIOL-N107 Exploring the World of Animals | 4 |
| CSCI-N207 Data Analysis Using Spreadsheets | 3 |
| HIST-H114 History of Western Civilization II | 3 |
| Total | 18 |
| Fourth Semester | |
| GEOL-G205 Reporting Skills in Geoscience | 3 |
| GEOL-G222 Petrology |
4 |
| BIOL-K101 Concepts of Biology I | 5 |
| Social Sciences - List S | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/GEOL-G400 elective | 3 |
| GEOL-G334 Principles of Sedimentation and Stratigraphy | 4 |
| Comparative World Cultures - List C | 3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Sixth Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/GEOL-G400 elective | 4 |
| Humanities - List H | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/GEOL-G400 electives | 6 |
| 300-level elective | 3 |
| 300-level elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Eighth Semester | |
| 300/400 electives | 9 |
| Elective | 3 |
| CAND 99100 Candidate for Graduation | 0 |
| Total | 12 |