The Geosciences program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Geosciences with three concentrations:Human-Environment Interaction, Environmental Science, and Geographic Information Science. These disciplines prepare students for working in a broad range of Geoscience careers including the private sector, local, state and federal government, and as a preparation for graduate studies.

Geosciences

General Education & BA Distribution Components

All students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Geosciences must complete the campus General Education Core Requirements.  See General Education Component for all IU Southeast Baccalaureate Degrees for a complete listing of requirements.

Students must also complete the campus BA Distribution requirements as stated in Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.

Core Program

Geoscience Core Requirements (19cr.)

• GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment
• GEOG-G 108 Physical Systems of the Environment Lab
• GEOG-G 110 Introduction to Human Geography
• GEOG-G 201 World Regional Geography
• GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science
• GEOL-G 100 General Geology

Experiential Learning Requirement (3cr.) Choose 1 of the following courses. The same course cannot be used to fulfill the capstone requirement or a required course for the student’s selected track.

• GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG-G 345 Field Study in Geography
• GEOG-G 404 Geography of Soils
• GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic information Systems
• GEOG-G 450 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography
• GEOG-G 460 Geography Internship
• GEOL-G 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
• GEOL-G 410 Independent Research in Geology
• GEOL-G 420 Regional Geology Field Trip
• GEOL-G 460 Internship in Geology

Capstone (3cr.)

Choose 1 of the following courses. The same course cannot be used to fulfill the experiential learning requirement.

• GEOG-G 450 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography
• GEOG-G 460 Geography Internship
• GEOG-G 490 Senior Seminar in Geography
• GEOL-G 410 Independent Research in Geology
• GEOL-G 460 Internship in Geology

Required Math (For Human-Environment Interaction and GIS Tracks) (3cr.)

• MATH-M 118 Finite Mathematics or higher

Required Math (For Environmental Geoscience Track) (3cr.)

• MATH-M 119 Brief Survey of Calculus or higher

Human-Environment Interaction Track [33cr.]

Required Courses* (9cr.)

• GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
• GEOG-G 320 Population Geography
• GEOG-G 418 Historical Geography

Choose 3 courses from each category (18cr.)

Category A

• GEOG-G 308 Disasters: Natural and Human Induced
• GEOG-G 314 Urban Geography
• GEOG-G 323 Geography of Latin America
• GEOG-G 326 Geography of North America
• GEOG-G 369 Geography of Food
• INTI-L 100 Introduction to International Studies

Category B

• GEOG-G 304 Physical Climatology
• GEOG-G 307 Biogeography
• GEOG-G 404 Geography of Soils
• GEOL-G 300 Environmental and Urban Geology
• GEOL-G 415 Geomorphology

Geoscience Elective (6cr.)

Six (6) hours in any 300 or 400-level GEOG-G or GEOL-G are required.

Capstone has been removed from the Tract descriptions of the degree program and added to the general degree program description.

Geographic Information Science (GIS) Track [30cr.]

Required Courses (6cr.)

• GEOG-G 320 Population Geography
• GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Systems

Additional Advanced GIS course (3cr.) Choose 1 of the following courses.

• GEOG-G 439 Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
• GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python

Additional Coursework (12cr.)

• CSCI-A 212 Spreadsheet Applications
• INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics
• INFO-C 112 Tools for Informatics: Programming and Databases (3cr.) [OR INFO-I110 Basic Tools of Informatics 1-Programming (1.5cr.) and INFO-I111 Basic Tools of Informatics II – Introduction to Databases (1.5cr.)]
• MATH-K 300 Statistics

Geoscience Elective (9cr.)

Nine (9) hours in any 300 or 400-level GEOG-G or GEOL-G are required.

Capstone has been removed from the Tract descriptions of the degree program and added to the general degree program description.

Environmental Geoscience Track [35cr.]

Required Courses (10cr.)

• GEOL-G 306 Earth Materials (4cr.)
• GEOL-G 415 Geomorphology
• GEOG-G 404 Geography of Soils

Choose 2 courses from each category (12cr.)

Category A

• GEOG-G 304 Physical Climatology
• GEOG-G 308 Disasters: Natural and Human Induced
• GEOG-G315 Environmental Conservation
• GEOL-G 210 Oceanography

Category B

• GEOL-G 300 Environmental and Urban Geology
• GEOL-G 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
• GEOL-G430 Principles of Hydrology
• GEOL-G 180 Dinosaurs

Additional Sciences (10cr.)

Ten (10) hours of courses in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics are required. Five (5) hours must be completed as a lecture/lab combined course.

Geoscience Elective (3cr.)

Three (3) hours in any 300 or 400-level GEOG-G or GEOL- G are required.

Capstone has been removed from the Tract descriptions of the degree program and added to the general degree program description.

General & Upper-Level Electives

Students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours and 30 credit hours at the 300-level or above.  Elective courses may be necessary to complete the minimum credit hour requirements.