Geological Sciences (BS)

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Required Courses

Introduction:

(4 units):

Any GEOL 100- or 200-level course (4 units):

GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth Units: 4
GEOL 107Lg Oceanography Units: 4
GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet Units: 4
GEOL 125Lg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution Units: 4
GEOL 130Lg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry Units: 4
GEOL 150Lg Climate Change Units: 4
GEOL 240Lg Earthquakes Units: 4

Required courses from other departments (24 units)

CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 and
CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 and
CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 126 Calculus II Units: 4
PHYS 135ag Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 and
PHYS 135bL Physics for the Life Sciences Units: 4 or
PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics Units: 4 and
PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4 or
BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution Units: 4 and
BISC 220Lg General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology Units: 4 or
BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution Units: 4 and
BISC 221Lg Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology Units: 4

Required upper-division courses (12 units):

GEOL 315L Minerals and Earth Systems Units: 4
GEOL 387ag Undergraduate Team Research Units: 2
GEOL 465L Field Geology Units: 4 or
GEOL 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (4 Units Required)
GEOL 494x Senior Thesis Units: 2

Electives (28 units):

28 additional units must be selected from MATH 225 , MATH 226 or any upper-division course listed or cross-listed as GEOL.*

Note:

*Up to two upper-division courses from other science departments may be substituted for any two in this group, on approval of the departmental undergraduate adviser.