Minor in Environmental Geology

Replacement of Minor in Earth and Space Science with a Minor in Environmental Geology

  Department of Geological Sciences, 2010

 

  BACKGROUND

               The Minor in Earth and Space Science was devised to serve teacher education programs, but these programs no longer have place for a minor.  Neither does it provide significant background in a specific secondary specialty area for non-teaching students.  It is appropriate, and well past time, to remove this irrelevant minor program. 

In its place we offer another minor option for students in allied majors, focusing on environmental applications of the geological sciences.  While our existing Minor in Geology requires coursework exclusively in Geological Sciences, the new minor includes a required class in Geography or Natural Resources and Environmental Management.  This recognizes the interdisciplinary nature of environmental work, and features courses most commonly taken by our departmental majors planning careers in the environmental industry and related government agencies.   This minor will enhance curriculum options for undergraduate majors in Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and other fields.

  

NEW (REVISED) PROGRAM:

Minor in Environmental Geology, 21 hours

9 hours…

GEOL 101 Planet Earth or GEOG 101 Earth Sea Sky

GEOL 201 Earth Time  

GEOL 206 Oceans and Nations

 

9 hours from…  

GEOL 207 Environmental Geol

GEOL 240 Geomorphology 

GEOL 360 Hydrogeology

GEOL 420 Oceanography

GEOL 450 Geology of Indiana

GEOL 470 Groundwater Geochemistry

 

3 hours from…

GEOG 265 Intro GIS

GEOG 331 Glob Climate

GEOG 342 Intro to Remote Sensing

NREM 221 Soil Resources

NREM 350 HazMat Health and Safety

 

PROGRAM REMOVED:

Minor in Earth Space Science, 24 hours

 

15 hours…

GEOG 101 Earth Sea Sky or GEOL 101 Planet Earth

GEOL 201 Earth Time  

GEOL 240 Geomorphology  

GEOL 420 Geological and Physical Oceanography

GEOG 230 Elem Meteorology

 

9 hours from…  

GEOG 331 Glob Climate

GEOL 207 Envir Geol

GEOL 220 Earth Mater

GEOL 308 Invert Paleo

GEOL 310 Petrology

GEOL 383 Field Camp

ASTRO 120 Star Systems

ASTRO 382 Planetarium Operations

 

(Changes for new minor:

Add GEOL 360 and 470.

Move GEOG 265 and 342, NREM 221 and NREM 350 to electives.

Remove GEOG 230, GEOL 220, 308, 310, and 383, ASTRO 120 and 382.

GEOL 460 will have new course number GEOL 360.)