Courses Available
Course |
Description |
Credits |
Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core courses for Geology majors | |||
| GEOL 100 | Earth in Action |
3
|
Every Semester |
| GEOL 102 | Earth Through Time |
3
|
Every Semester |
| GEOL 103 | Geology Laboratory |
1
|
Every Semester |
| GEOL 502 | Mineralogy |
3
|
Fall |
| GEOL 503 | Petrology |
3
|
Spring |
| GEOL 530 | Structural Geology |
3
|
Fall |
| GEOL 560 | Field Methods |
3
|
Fall |
| GEOL 630 | Sedimentology-Stratigraphy | 3 | Spring |
| GEOL 680 | Field Camp | 3 | Summer (see note below) |
| Electives Group I | |||
| GEOL 605 | Introduction to Geochemistry | 3 | Spring |
| GEOL 640 | Introduction to Geophysics | 3 | Fall |
| Electives Group II (Energy and Natural Resources) | |||
| GEOL 702 | Economic Geology | 3 | Spring |
| GEOL 730 | Petroleum Geology | 3 | Fall |
| GEOL 642 | Field Geophysics | 3 | Spring |
| Electives Group III (Surficial Processes and the Environment) | |||
| GEOL 520 | Geomorphology | 3 | Fall |
| GEOL 611 | Hydrogeology | 3 | Spring |
| GEOL 650 | Geomicrobiology | 3 | Spring |
| Electives Group IV | |||
| Any remaining Geology course 500-level and above. | |||
Field Camp
As indicated above, Geology majors are required to take a three credit hour summer field geology course. Geology field courses (i.e., "field camp") typically last 3-6 weeks and provide for 3-6 credits. We highly recommend taking a longer field camp. However, the degree requirement allows maximum flexibility with non-academic conflicts. Many field camps exist across the country and the USGS Survey of Geoscience Field Camps provides a comprehensive list of geoscience field camps operated throughout the United States. If you have any questions about them or degree requirements, contact Dr. Brueseke and Colleen Gura . Departmental and external scholarships exist to help with field camp costs. You can read more about scholarships here.
Detailed course descriptions
Detailed descriptions of typical course offerings are available here:
More specific information for course offerings, including instructor and location information, is available in the course schedules .