Departments & Centers
Department of Earth Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
(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 partially satisfy the 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 See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
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; at least two of the four courses must include CHEM-C105 / CHEM-C125, 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 33 credit hours of geology, including GEOL-G110, GEOL-G120, GEOL-G205, GEOL-G209, GEOL-G221 or GEOL-G306, GEOL-G334 and five 300-level or higher geology courses. GEOL-G222 may substitute for one of the 300-level or higher geology elective courses. Other 100-level courses, GEOL-G300 and GEOL-G307 do not count toward the geology concentration of 33 credit hours, 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.
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, upon 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-G209 History of the Earth | 3 |
| GEOL-G306 Earth Materials | 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 | 17 |
| Fourth Semester | |
| GEOL-G205 Reporting Skills in Geoscience | 3 |
| GEOL-G300/GEOL-G400 elective | 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 |
| Junior/Senior Integrator | 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 |