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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Geology Minor

Requirements for Minor in Environmental Geology

Five Units in Geology, Including:

One Unit Selected From:

GEOL 306: Glaciers and Climate Change (1 Unit)
GEOL 307: Environmental Geochemistry (1 Unit)

One Unit Selected From:

GEOL 104: Earth Resources and the Environment (1 Unit)
GEOL 106: Natural Disasters (1 Unit)
GEOL 111: Geography and Geographic Information Systems (1 Unit)
GEOL 115: Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate (1 Unit)
GEOL 211: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1 Unit)
ENVN 102: Introduction to the Environment (1 Unit)
OR
A one-unit equivalent of approved independent research
GEOL 412: Directed Study (1 Unit)
OR
GEOL 411: Directed Study (1/2 Unit) taken twice

Additional Requirements

Completion of an approved field experience (e.g., a research experience or internship with a significant field component or GEOL 210 or GEOL 314 ).
Departmental Colloquia: All environmental geology minors are required to attend departmental colloquia regularly and to present once each semester for two semesters.
All courses for the minor must be taken for a numerical grade.
Note: This minor may not be elected by students majoring in geology or earth science.