2023-2024 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Earth Science B.S.: Planetary Geology Specialization

A minor is not required with this major.

Requirements

Required courses

Geological Sciences Core (19 credits)

GSCI 121The Dynamic Earth

3

or

GSCI 131Environmental Geoscience

3

 

GSCI 125The Dynamic Earth Laboratory

1

or

GSCI 135Environmental Geoscience Laboratory

1

 

GSCI 141Earth and Life History

3

GSCI 145Earth and Life History Laboratory

1

GSCI 221Mineralogy

4

GSCI 223Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

4

GSCI 290Field Methods in Geology

2

GSCI 260Communicating the Geological Sciences

1

In addition, 2 to 4 credits from GSCI 460 or 4 credits from an external geology field camp approved by the Department Chair are required.

The following 26 credits are also required as follows:

AST 208Planetary Astronomy

4

AST 209Stellar and Galactic Astronomy

4

AST 278The Night Sky

3

AST 378Comparative Planetology

3

GSCI 360Research Methods in the Geological Sciences

1

GSCI 424Geomorphology

4

In addition, 2-4 credits from GSCI 460 Senior Project or 4 credits from an external geology field camp approved by the Department Chair are required.

The remaining 6-8 credits will be chosen from:

AST 418Stellar Astrophysics

3

AST 470Exoplanets and Astrobiology

3

AST 478Planetary Image Analysis

3

GSCI 321Structural Geology

4

GSCI 322Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

4

GSCI 350Computer Methods in the Geological Sciences

3

Or other electives as selected in consultation with the student's advisor.

In addition, the following 24 credits are required:

CHEM 161General Chemistry

3

CHEM 162General Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 201Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHEM 260Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry

3

MATH 152Calculus I

4

MATH 221Calculus II

4

PHYS 125University Physics I

4

PHYS 126University Physics II

4