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Earth Science

Required Courses - 46 hours

GEOL 201 - Earth, Life, and Time
GEOL 207 - Environmental Geology - Geological/Geochemical Cycles
GEOL 220 - Earth Materials
GEOL 240 - Geomorphology
GEOL 290 - Computer Applications in the Geosciences
GEOL 308 - Invertebrate Paleontology
GEOL 310 - Petrology
GEOL 315 - Structural Geology, Tectonics and Basic Field Methods
GEOL 383 - Geology Field Camp
GEOL 420 - Geological and Physical Oceanography
GEOL 460 - Hydrogeology

GEOG 230 - Elementary Meteorology

NREM 221 - Soil Resources

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry 1

Elective Courses (9-12 credit hours from below courses) - 9-12 credit hours

GEOL 409 - Micropaleontology
GEOL 410 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOL 412 - Sedimentary Petrology
GEOL 416 - Engineering Geology
GEOL 425 - Geophysics
GEOL 435 - Stratigraphy and Subsurface Methods
GEOL 445 - Fractals in the Natural Sciences
GEOL 470 - Groundwater Geochemistry
GEOL 471 - Volcanology and Volcanic Hazards
GEOL 475 - Glacial Geology

Electives (3-6 credit hours from below) - 3-6 credit hours

GEOG 265 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 331 - Global Climatology
GEOG 342 - Remote Sensing 1

NREM 324 - Soil Classification and Interpretation

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