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Geoscience Concentration

A concentration in Geosciences consists of 10 units of credit

Choose one of the following:

Course NumberTitleCredits
GEOSC-101Principles of Geoscience: Earth Resources and the Environment

1
GEOSC-103/AFRST-103Principles of Geoscience: Geology and Human Events in North Africa and the Middle East

1
GEOSC-110Principles of Geoscience: Geology and the Environment

1
GEOSC-112Principles of Geoscience: The Marine Environment

1
GEOSC-115Principles of Geoscience: Evolution and the Environment

1

All concentrators must take:

Course NumberTitleCredits
GEOSC-209Hydrogeology

1
GEOSC-211Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

1
GEOSC-220Mineralogy

1
GEOSC-230Structural Geology and Tectonics

1
GEOSC-290/BIO-290Paleontology

1
GEOSC-510/511Senior Project

1

Take Two courses in Geosciences at the 200-level or higher

Course NumberTitleCredits

Select a Two course sequence in one of the supporting sciences from departments below:

Course NumberTitleCredits

Chemistry

Course NumberTitleCredits
Choose two courses:
Course NumberTitleCredits
CHEM-120Principles of Chemistry

1
CHEM-125Principles of Chemistry: Fundamentals to Applications

1
Must take CHEM-190 or above:
Course NumberTitleCredits
CHEM-190Organic Chemistry I

1

Physics:

Course NumberTitleCredits
Choose one of the two Physics sequences:
Course NumberTitleCredits
Physics Sequence One:
Course NumberTitleCredits
PHYS-100Survey of Physics I

1
PHYS-105Survey of Physics II

1
Physics Sequence Two:
Course NumberTitleCredits
PHYS-190The Mechanical Universe

1
PHYS-195Waves and Fields

1

Math:

Course NumberTitleCredits
Take:
Course NumberTitleCredits
MATH-113Calculus I

1
MATH-116Calculus II

1

Computer Science:

Course NumberTitleCredits
Take:
Course NumberTitleCredits
CPSCI-110Introduction to Computer Science

1
CPSCI-111Data Structures

1

Biology:

Course NumberTitleCredits
Take one 100-level Biology course
Course NumberTitleCredits
Take one 200-level or higher Biology course
Course NumberTitleCredits