College of Science 573 Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours are required for graduation; 84 to 87 of these are required within the major. A total of 40 upper division credit hours is required (courses numbered 3000 and above); 31 to 34 of these are required within the major. Advisement All Geoscience students are required to meet with a faculty advisor (see above) at least annually for course and program advisement. Call 801-626-7139 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Admission Requirements Declare your program of study (see Enrollment Services and Information). No special admission or application requirements are needed for this program. However, students should meet with an advisor to plan and declare their program of study. General Education Refer to Degree and General Education Requirements for Bachelor of Science requirements. MATH 1050 or MATH 1080 is recommended for the Quantitative Literacy requirement. The following courses required for the Applied Environmental Geoscience major will also satisfy general education requirements: CHEM 1210, GEO 1060, GEO 1110, PHYS 2010, and PHYS 2210. Major Course Requirements for BS Degree Geosciences Courses Required (38 credit hours) • GEO 1060 PS - Environmental Geosciences Credits: (3) • GEO 1065 - Environmental Geosciences Lab Credits: (l) • GEO 1110 PS - Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology Credits: (3) • GEO 1115 - Physical Geology Lab Credits: (l) • GEO 1220 - Historical Geology Credits: (4) • GEO 2050 - Earth Materials Credits: (4) • GEO 3080 - Water Resources Credits: (3) • GEO 3150 - Geomorphology Credits: (4) • GEO 3550 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Credits: (4) • GEO 4060 - Geoscience Field Methods Credits: (3) • GEO 4210 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Credits: (4) Select one of the following • GEO 3400 - Remote Sensing I Credits: (4) • GEO 4220 - Technical and Applicational Issues in GIS Credits: (4) • GEO 4400 - Remote Sensing II: Advanced Digital Image Processing Credits: (4) Electives Required (12 credit hours) Select 12 credit hours from the following • GEO 1030 PS - Earthquakes and Volcanoes Credits: (3) • GEO 1130 PS - Introduction to Meteorology Credits: (3) • GEO 3010 - Oceanography and Earth Systems Credits: (3) GEO 3060 - Structural Geology Credits: (4) GEO 3180 - Paleontology Credits: (4) GEO 3210 - Quaternary Environmental Change Credits: (3) GEO 3250 - Geology of Utah Credits: (3) GEO 3880 - Groundwater Credits: (4) GEO 4010 - Ancient Environments and Paleoecology Credits: (3) GEO 4100 - Engineering Geology Credits: (3) GEO 4150 - Environmental Assessment Credits: (3) GEO 4300 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credits: (4) GEO 4510 - Geology Field Camp Credits: (4) GEO 4550 - Geochemistry Credits: (3) GEO 4630 - Global Tectonics Credits: (3) GEO 4750 - Special Topics in Geosciences Credits: (1-4) GEO 4800 - Independent Research Credits: (1-3) GEO 4970 - Senior Thesis Credits: (2) * or any of the following not taken as part of the core • GEO 3400 - Remote Sensing I Credits: (4) • GEO 4220 - Technical and Applicational Issues in GIS Credits: (4) • GEO 4400 - Remote Sensing II: Advanced Digital Image Processing Credits: (4) or one of the following courses • BTNY 3214 - Soils Credits: (4) • CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: (4) and • CHEM 2315 - Organic Chemistry I Lab Credits: (l) • CHEM 3000 - Quantitative Analysis Credits: (4) • GEOG 4410 - Sustainable Land Use Planning Credits: (3) • GEOG 4420 - Advanced Urban and Regional Planning Credits: (3) • MICR 3484 - Environmental Microbiology Credits: (4) *No more than 4 combined credit hours from GEO 4800 and GEO 4970 may be counted toward the major requirements. Support Courses Required (34-37 credit hours) BTNY 1203 LS - Plant Biology Credits: (3) or BTNY 2104 - Plant Form and Function Credits: (4) or BTNY 2114 - Evolutionary Survey of Plants Credits: (4) CHEM 1210 PS - Principles of Chemistry I Credits: (5) and CHEM 1220 - Principles of Chemistry II Credits: (5) ENGL 2100 - Technical Writing Credits: (3) MATH 1040 QL - Introduction to Statistics Credits: (3) PHYS 2010 PS - College Physics I Credits: (5) and PHYS 2020 - College Physics II Credits: (5) PHYS 2210 PS - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Credits: (5) and Weber State University 2014-2015 Catalog