Summary
A minimum of 66 credits for the combined major and minor, including:
GEO 100N or GEO 100F, 106, 210, 212, 222, 230, 231 (or 231Z), 330, 350,
400, 470; MAT 111 or 112 or 118, 113 or 119; PHY 105N, 106, 108, 109;
CHM
120N, 121, 122A, 122B.
Elective Classes: choose at least 9 credits from the following:
GEO 260, 211, 331, 332, 420, 435, 450, 455, 466, 480, 497.
Students are encouraged to take the following additional courses:
MAT 108, 214, 220, 311; CSI 101N or 201N; ATM 100N.
Geological Sciences Undergraduate Program
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Detailed listing of required courses
Geological Sciences
GEO 100N Planet Earth, or GEO 100F (Writing Intensive
version)
(3)
GEO 106 Physical Geology Laboratory (1)
GEO 210 Earth Materials (3)
GEO 212 Earth Materials Laboratory (1)
GEO 222 Igneous and Metamorphic Geology (4)
GEO 230 Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and the Fossil Record
(3)
GEO 231 Field Excursions for Stratigraphy, or GEO 231Z
(Writing Intensive version) (2)
GEO 330 Structural Geology I (3)
GEO 350 Environmental Geochemistry (4)
GEO 400 Field Mapping (4)
GEO 470 Tectonics (4)
Supporting Sciences and Mathematics
CHM 120N Chemistry I (3)
CHM 121N Chemistry II (3)
CHM 122A, B Chemistry Laboratory I, II (1,1)
PHY 105 Physics I (3)
PHY 106 Physics I Lab (1)
PHY 108 Physics II (3)
PHY 109 Physics II Lab (1)
#MAT 112 Calculus I (4) or MAT 118 Honors Calculus I (4)
MAT 113 Calculus II (4) or MAT 119 Honors Calculus II (4)
# (3,4) MAT 101, 111 Algebra & Calculus I, II may be substituted for Mat 112
Electives (choose 9 credits minimum)
GEO 211 Optical Mineralogy Laboratory (1)
GEO 260 Earth Surface Processes and Hazards (3)
GEO 331 Field Excursions for Structural Geology I (1)
GEO 332 Structural Geology Laboratory (1)
GEO 420 Instrumental Analysis in Environmental Science (3)
GEO 435 Geohydrology (3)
GEO 450 Paleoclimatology (4)
GEO 455 Special Topics (2-3)
GEO 466 Marine/Estuary Systems (3)
GEO 480 World Historical Geology (3)
GEO 497 Independent Study (1-3)
Recommended courses
MAT 108 Elementary Statistics (3)
MAT 214 Calculus of Several Variables (4)
MAT 220 Linear Algebra (3)
MAT 311 Ordinary Differential Equations (3)
CSI 101N Elements of Computing (3), or 201N Introduction to Computer
Science (4)
ATM 100N The Atmosphere
Undergraduate
Bulletin Course
listings - Geology
- Atmospheric
Science - Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer
Science - Mathematics
- Physics
A four-year course sequence for the B.S. Program in
Geology
(Required courses shown in bold)
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| GEO 100N/F Planet Earth 3 | GEO 250 Earth Resources 3 |
| GEO 106 Physical Geology Lab 1 | CHM 121N, 122B Chemistry II/Lab 4 |
| CHM 120N/122A Chemistry I/Lab 4 | 2 electives/Gen. Ed. |
| 2 electives/Gen. Ed. | |
| Semester 3 | Semester 4 |
| GEO 210 Earth Materials 3 | GEO 222 Igneous/Metamorphic Geology 4 |
| GEO 212 Earth Materials Lab 1 | GEO Elective 3 |
| GEO 230 Stratigraphy 3 | MAT 113 or 119 Calculus II 4 |
| GEO 231/Z Field Excursions for Stratigraphy 2 | 1 or 2 electives/Gen. Ed. |
| MAT 111 or 112 or 118 Calculus I 4 | |
| Gen. Ed. | |
| Semester 5 | Semester 6 |
| GEO Electives | GEO 330 Structural Geology I 3 |
| PHY 105N, 106 Physics I/Lab 4 | GEO 350 Environmental Geochemistry 4 |
| 2 to 4 electives/Gen. Ed. | PHY 108, 109 Physics II/Lab 4 |
| 1 or 2 electives/Gen. Ed. | |
| Semester 7 | Semester 8 |
| GEO 400 (See below*) Field Mapping 4 | GEO Electives |
| GEO 470 Tectonics 4 | 3 or 4 electives |
| GEO Elective 3 | |
| 1 or 2 electives |
GEO 395Z – Writing in the Geological Sciences, (1 credit) may be taken with any GEO course at the 300 or 400 level to fulfill a writing intensive version of that course.
*NOTE: GEO 400, Field Mapping. Three weeks of field work done in August, followed by independent study and laboratory sessions once a week in first quarter of fall session (in Albany) for final preparation of maps, report, etc.
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