Updated 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog | 20275

Earth Science minor

Multiple Credentials
Any additional major, minor or certificate in a degree must have at least 6 credits of course work not used to meet the requirements of another major, minor or certificate in the degree.

Required Credits: 23
Required GPA: 2.00

I REQUIRED COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• GEOL 1120 Intro to Fossils and History of Planet Earth (4 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• SCIE 2200 Meteorology (3 credits)

II REQUIRED ELECTIVES

SELECT 2 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• GEOL 2110 Crystals, Minerals and Rocks (4 credits)
• GEOL 2730 Introduction to Planetary Science (4 credits)
• GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3500 Topics in Paleontology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (3 credits)
• GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
• GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)