Undergraduate Degrees

Department Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences

Required coursesUnits
GEOL 105LPlanet Earth4
GEOL 205LQuantitative Methods for the Earth Sciences4
GEOL 215abLMineralogy and Petrology4-4
GEOL 320LSurficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems4
GEOL 321LStructural Geology and Tectonics4
GEOL 333LPaleontology and the Evolution of Life4
GEOL 412Oceans, Climate, and the Environment4
GEOL 440LGeophysics and Geoengineering4
GEOL 460LGeochemistry and Hydrogeology4
GEOL 465Summer Field Geology4
GEOL 485Senior Seminar4
MATH 125Calculus I4
MATH 126Calculus II4
CHEM 105abLGeneral Chemistry, or
CHEM 115abLAdvanced General Chemistry4-4
PHYS 135abLPhysics for the Life Sciences, or
PHYS 151LFundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Waves,
and Sound, and4
PHYS 152LFundamentals of Physics II: Thermodynamics,
Electricity, and Magnetism4

Department Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Earth Sciences

Required coursesUnits
GEOL 105LPlanet Earth4
GEOL 205LQuantitative Methods for the Earth Sciences4
GEOL 215abLMineralogy and Petrology4-4
GEOL 320LSurficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems4
GEOL 321LStructural Geology and Tectonics4
GEOL 333LPaleontology and the Evolution of Life4

Any three of the following upper division courses in Earth Sciences:
GEOL 412Oceans, Climate, and the Environment4
GEOL 440LGeophysics and Geoengineering4
GEOL 460LGeochemistry and Hydrogeology4
GEOL 465Summer Field Geology4
GEOL 485Senior Seminar4
Lower division courses in other departments:
MATH 118xFundamental Principles of the Calculus, or
MATH 125Calculus I4
Any two of the following four courses:
CHEM 105abLGeneral Chemistry, or4-4
PHYS 135abLPhysics for the Life Sciences4-4

Grade Point Average in Major Subject

A grade of C or higher is required in each course in the earth sciences used to complete the department or physical sciences major.

Physical Sciences Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Science

For the lower division, CHEM 105abL or CHEM 115abL, GEOL 105L, MATH 125 and 126, PHYS 151L and 152L are required. For the upper division, 32 units of course work (eight courses) applicable to majors in astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and physics with at least four units (one course) in each of these four majors are required.

Department Minor Requirements

Students must be in good academic standing at the time of entry into the minor. Students in the minor will be required to maintain a minimum GPA of C (2.0) and a minimum grade in each course of C. No P/NP enrollments will be permitted.

For the lower division, GEOL 105L and 215aL are required. For the upper division, any four 300- or 400- level GEOL courses are required.

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