Environmental Science Major - Geology Focus
Required Courses:
Credits
GEOG 120
or GEOL 151
or GEOL 153
GEOL 152
GEOL 215
GEOG 252
GEOL 312
BIOL 160
BIOL 161
BIOL 345
CHEM 103
CHEM 104
CHEM 253
or CHEM 261
CHEM 271
One Course from:
GEOL 212
Course Title
Requirements / Notes
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
Earth Systems
Introduction to Geology
Big Sky Geology: Montana Field Experience
Historical Geology
Mineralogy
Geomorphology
Environmental Geology
Ecology & Evolutionary Systems
Cellular & Genetic Systems
Ecosystem Ecology & Management
General Chemistry I
General Chemistry II
Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry I
Environmental Chemistry
4
Structural Geology
GEOL 304
3
Geochemistry
GEOL 317
4
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
GEOG 322
4
Coastal Geomorphology
An approved alternative
Environmental Science Cognates:
STATS 143
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
4
& MATH 132
Calculus for Management, Life & Social Sciences
4
or
MATH 171
4
Calculus I
& MATH 172
4
Calculus II
& STAT 243
4
Statistics
ENST 210
3
Human Impacts on the Environment
ENST 302
3
Environment and Society
History and Philosophy of Environmental
ENST 395
3
Thought
May Interim
GEOG 120 or GEOL 151 or 153
GEOL 151 & CHEM 103
GEOG 120 or GEOL 151 or 153
GEOG 252
BIOL 224 (or 141) & 225
CHEM 103 or equivalent
CHEM 104
CHEM 104
CHEM 253 or 261
GEOL 152
GEOL 215, or 151 w/ CHEM
104, or permission
GEOL 215 or concurrent
GEOG 252
MATH 143
*(see below)
Finish MATH 171 w/ C- or better
Spring only; req. MATH 172
ENST 210
ENST 210 & 302 or
permission of instructor
*Required for Calculus I: 4 yrs college prep math, excluding stats courses or Math 110, and results of calculus
readiness test administered during orientation
Last updated: 11 April 2016