Departments & Programs
Department of Earth Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Geology
(Granted by Indiana University)
Degree Requirements
First-Year Experience Course Beginning freshmen and transfer students with less than 19 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 Competency See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin. The second semester of English composition may be satisfied by ENG-W270, ENG-W231, ENG-W320 or ENG-W350. GEOL-G205 may satisfy the second writing course 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 World Language Competency No world language proficiency is required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Area IIIA Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Culturural Understanding Competencies See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
For the most current list of courses in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Understanding, please refer to the IUPUI General Education Curriculum.
Area IIIC Life and Physical Sciences Competency CHEM-C105 / CHEM-C125, CHEM-C106 / CHEM-C126; PHYS-P201 / PHYS-P202 or PHYS 15200 / PHYS 25100; and two courses with labs in biological sciences, approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
Area IIID Analytical Reasoning Competency MATH 16500 / MATH 16600; CSCI-N207 or another CSCI course approved by the Department of Earth Sciences; and STAT 30100 or another 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, GEOL-G323, four 300-level or higher geology courses, and a field camp of at least 3 credit hours approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. Other 100-level courses, and one to two credit courses do not count toward the geology concentration requirement, but may be applied as electives toward the university-required total of 120 credit hours. No grade below C- will be accepted in any of these courses.
General Two science courses or certain geography courses (see advisor), outside the Department of Earth Sciences at the 300 or 400-level approved by the Department of Earth Sciences. No grade below C- will be accepted in either of these courses.
Other Requirements See the School of Science requirements under Undergraduate Programs, Baccalaureate Degree, General Requirements in this bulletin. GEOL-G420 satisfies the School of Science capstone requirement.
Bachelor of Science Sample Program (120 cr. required)
| Freshman Year | |
| First Semester | |
| GEOL-G110 Physical Geology | 3 |
| GEOL-G120 Physical Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 16500 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I | 4 |
| Computer Programming (approved course) | 3 |
| ENG-W131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| SCI-I120 Windows on Science | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
| Second Semester | |
| COMM-R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| CHEM-C105 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM-C125 Experimental Chemistry I | 2 |
| MATH 16600 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II | 4 |
| 2nd written communication course | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Sophomore Year | |
| Third Semester | |
| GEOL-G335 Evolution of the Earth and Life | 4 |
| GEOL-G221 Introductory Mineralogy | 4 |
| CHEM-C106 Principles of Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-C126 Experimental Chemistry II | 2 |
| PHYS-P201 General Physics I | 5 |
| Total | 18 |
| Fourth Semester | |
| GEOL-G205 Reporting Skills in Geoscience | 3 |
| GEOL-G222 Introductory Petrology | 4 |
| PHYS-P202 General Physics II | 5 |
| Culutural Understanding (choose from list) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Junior Year | |
| Fifth Semester | |
| GEOL-G323 Structural Geology | 4 |
| GEOL-G334 Principles of Sedimentation and Stratigraphy | 4 |
| Approved Biology course with laboratory | 5 |
| Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences (choose from list) | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Sixth Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/G400 level elective | 3 |
| 300-400 level Science or Geography course | 3 |
| Approved Biology course with laboratory | 5 |
| STAT 30100 Elementary Statistical Methods | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
| Senior Year | |
| Seventh Semester | |
| GEOL-G300/G400 level electives | 6 |
| Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences (choose from list) | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences (choose from list) | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
| Eighth Semester | |
| GEOL-G420 Regional Geology Field Trip (SUM) | 3 |
| GEOL-G300/G400 level elective | 3 |
| 300-400-level Approved Science Elective | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| CAND 99100 Candidate for Graduation | 0 |
| Total | 15 |