In addition to the required courses linked below, students must take a minimum of four additional courses (minimum of 12 additional units) from the following list of electives. At least one of these must be a geology course. Note that some electives may require additional prerequisites. Other upper division courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Geography may substitute as electives, but must be approved by a student’s advisor prior to registration.

I.  Required Geology Core Courses (47-49 credits)

II. Electives (12-16 credits):

• ASTR 357 Planetary Astronomy (3)
• GEOL 323 Geomorphology (4)
  or
  GEOG 315 Geomorphology (4)
• GEOL 357 Physical Oceanography (3)
• GEOL 415 Hydrogeology (4)
• GEOL 451 Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks (3)
• GEOL 470-479 Special Topics in Geology (1-4)
• GEOG 317 Energy Resources (3) †
• GEOG 319 Soils and Vegetation (3) †
• GEOG 321 Interpretation of Aerial Photographs (3)
• GEOG 412 Introduction to GIS (3)
• GEOG 416 Principles of Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing (3) †
• BIOL 205 General Botany (4) †
• BIOL 305 Conservation Biology (4) †
• BIOL 333 Humans, Science and the Chesapeake Bay (3) †
• CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry (5)
• CHEM 361 Chemical and Bacteriological Studies on Water Pollution (3) †
• CHEM 345 Principles of Physical Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 310 Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry (3) †
• MATH 335 Sampling Techniques (3)
• MATH 378 Scientific Modeling and Simulation (3) †
• PHYS 307 Introduction to Mathematical Physics (3) †
• PHYS 352 Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory (3) †
• PHYS 351 Mechanics (4) †
• PHYS 451 Mechanics II (3) †

  †Course has prerequisite(s) not listed among the core courses above.

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