Environmental Geology Degree 4-Year Plan
The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your BA in Environmental Geology with Water Science option degree in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the Environmental Geology with Water Science option degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).
The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your Environmental Geology degree in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the Environmental Geology degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).
PDF version of the Environmental Geology Roadmap
- Program: Bachelor of Science: Environmental Geology
- Total Credits: 120
- Catalog: 2024-2025
First Year (starting in fall of odd year)
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (1st Fall) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 109/109L | Intro to Geology with Lab | 4 |
| Related Requirement: | BIOL 115 or CHEM 150/L | Organismal Biology or General Chemistry I | 4 |
| First-Year Experience Course | FYE 101 | First Year Experience | 1 |
| LASC Goal 1A | COMM 100 | Speech Communication | 3 |
| Program Requirement: LASC Goal 5 | ANTH 115 | Intro to Archaeology | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
| Spring (1st Spring) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 110/110L | Water, Land and People w/Lab | 4 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 209L | Problems in Intro Geology | 3 |
| Related Requirement: | BIOL 115 or CHEM 150/L | Organismal Biology or General Chemistry I | 3 |
| LASC Goal 6 | 3 | ||
| LASC Goal 1B WI | ENGL 101 | English Composition | 3 |
| Total Credits: 17 | |||
Second Year (Fall even year, spring odd year)
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (2nd Fall) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 303/303L | Mineralogy and Petrology with Lab | 3 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 304L | Problems in Mineralogy and Petrology | 2 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 211L | Problems in Water, Land and People | 2 |
| Related Requirement: Restricted Elective | Water Quality, Sustainability, Cultural Ecology, Environmental Geology, Archeology or GIS | 3 | |
| Related Requirement: LASC Goal 4 | MATH 261 | Calculus I | 3 |
| LASC Goal 8 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits: 16 | |||
| Spring (2nd Spring) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 416 | Paleontology | 3 |
| Other Requirement: Restricted Elective | Water Quality, Sustainability, Cultural Ecology, Environmental Geology, Archeology or GIS | 3 | |
| Elective: | CHEM 210 | General Chemistry II w/Lab *Recommended | 4 |
| LASC Goal 10 | BIOL 346 | An Ecological Perspective *Recommended | 3 |
| LASC Goal 2 | SUST 200 | Nature of Sustainability *Recommended | 3 |
| Total Credits: 16 | |||
Third Year (Fall odd year, spring even year)
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (3rd Fall) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 415 | Archaeological and Prospection | 3 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 417L | Problems in Geochemistry | 2 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 315 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 3 |
| Related Requirement: Restricted Elective | Water Quality, Sustainability, Cultural Ecology, Environmental Geology, Archeology or GIS | 3 | |
| LASC Goal 6 | different rubric | 3 | |
| LASC Goal 7 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits: 17 | |||
| Spring (3rd Spring) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 340 | Economic and Environmental Geology | 3 |
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 370 | Structural Geology and Mapping | 3 |
| Elective: | GEOS 307 | Introduction to GIS *Recommended | 3 |
| Related Requirement: Restricted Elective | Water Quality, Sustainability, Cultural Ecology, Environmental Geology, Archeology or GIS | 4 | |
| LASC Goal 5/WI | different rubric | 3 | |
| Total Credits: 16 | |||
Fourth (Fall even year, spring odd year)
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (4th Fall) | |||
| Core Requirement: | GEOS 345 | Principles of Geomorphology & Hydrology | 3 |
| LASC Goal 8 | SUST 421 | Systems Thinking *example | 3 |
| LASC Goal 9 | 3 | ||
| Writing Intensive 200+ | 3 | ||
| Elective: | PHYS 200 | Physics I with Calculus & Lab *Recommended | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
| Spring (4th Spring) | |||
| Core Requirement: WI in program | GEOS 492 | Senior Seminar and Research Capstone | 3 |
| Writing Intensive 200+ | GEOS 330 | Elementary Meteorology *example | 3 |
| Elective: | SUST 432 | Environmental Dilemmas *example | 3 |
| Elective: | PHYS 201 or MATH 262 | Physics II with Calculus & Lab or Calculus II *Recommended | 3 |
| Elective: | GEOS 301 | Archaeological Prospection | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||