284 Electives Required (12 credit hours) Select 12 credit hours from GEOPS/SI1130 GEO SI3010 GEO 3060 GEO 3180 GEO 3210 GEO 3250 GEO 3880 GEO 4010 GEO 4100 GEO 4150 GEO 4300 GEO 4510 GEO 4550 GEO 4630 GEO 4750 GEO 4800 GEO 4970 the following Intro to Meteorology (3) Oceanography and Earth Systems (3) Structural Geology (4) Paleontology (4) Quaternary Environmental Change (3) Geology of Utah (3) Groundwater (4) Ancient Environments & Paleoecology (3) Engineering Geology (3) Environmental Assessment (3) Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (4) Geology Field Camp (4) Geochemistry (3) Global Tectonics (3) Special Topics in Geosciences (1-4) Independent Study (1-3) * Senior Thesis (2) * or any of the following not taken as part of the core GEO 3400 Remote Sensing I (4) GEO 4210 Intro to Computer Mapping & GIS (4) GEO 4220 Technical & Applicational Issues in GIS (4) GEO 4400 Remote Sensing II (4) or one of the following cowses BTNY 3214 Soils (4) CHEM 2310 Organic Chemistry I (5) CHEM 3000 Quantitative Analysis (4) GEOG 4410 Land Use Planning Techniques (3) GEOG 4420 Advanced Planning Techniques (3) MCR 3484 Environmental Mcrobiology (4) * No more than 4 combined credit hours from GEO 4800 and 4970 may be counted toward the major requtements. Support Courses Required (34-37 credit hours) BTNY LS1203 Plant Biology (3) or BTNY SI2104 Plant Form and Function (4) or BTNY SI2114 Evolutionary Survey of Plants (4) CHEM PS/SI1210/SI1220 Principles of Chemistry (10) ENGL 2100 Technical Writing (3) MATH QL1040 Intro to Statistics (3) PHYS PS/SI2010/SI2020 General Physics (10) or PHYS PS/SI2210/SI2220 Physics for Scientists & Engineers (10)* either MATH QL1050 & MATH 1060 or MATH QL1080 *Students planning to attend graduate school in Geology or a related geotechnical area should take PHYS PS/SI2210-SI2220, Physics for Sdentists & Engineers, instead of the General Physics series (PHYS PS/SI20W-SI2020). **Students planning to attend graduate school in Geology or a related geotechnical area should also take MATHSI1210/SI1220, Calculus I and II (8). Students planning a career or advanced degree in geospatial applications are encouraged to complete the Geomatics certificate program. Students planning a career or advanced degree in geotechnical applications are encouraged to take GEO 3060, 3880, 4100, and 4150 as electives. Suggested Course Sequence Please refer to this program in the on-line catalog (weber.edu/catalog) and/or contact the department for a suggested course sequence. College Algebra (4) Trigonometry (3) Precalculus (5) ** Earth Science Teaching Major BACHELOR DEGREE (B.S. OR B.A.) Advisor: Dr. Richard Ford, 801-626-6942 » Program Prerequisite: Must satisfy Teacher Education admission and certification requirements (see Teacher Education Department). » Minor: Not required. » Grade Requirements: A grade of "C-" or better in courses required for this major. An overall GPA of 3.00 is required for admission to the Teacher Education program. » Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation - 63 to 65 of these are required within the major. Teacher Education Certification requires 8 to 9 credit hours of support courses and 31 credit hours of professional education courses (see Teacher Education Department). This major requires a total of 44 upper division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) -13 of these are required Geosciences courses and 31 are Teacher Education courses. Advisement All Earth Science Teaching 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. In addition, teaching majors are encouraged to consult with an advisor in the Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education (call 801-626-6269). Admission Requirements Declare your program of study (see page 18).Earth Science Teaching majors must satisfy Teacher Education admission and certification requirements. (SeeTeacher Education Department.) General Education Refer to pages 36-41 for either Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts requirements. MATH QL1050 or MATH QL1080 is recommended for the Quantitative Literacy requirement. The following courses required for the Earth Science Teaching major will also satisfy general education requirements: BTNY LSI203, CHEM PS/ SI1210, GEO PS1060, GEO PS/SI1110, GEO PS/SI1130, PHYS PS/ SI1040, PHYS PS/SI2010, and PHYS PS/SI2210. The following required education support courses will also satisfy general education requirements: CHF SSI 500 and COMM HU1020. Course Requirements for B.S. Degree Earth Science Courses GEO PS1060 GEO 1065 GEOPS/SI1110 GEOSI1115 GEOPS/SI1130 GEO 1220 GEO 2050 GEO SI3010 GEO 3150 GEO 4570 PHYS PS/SI1040 BTNYLS1203 Required (38 credit hours) Environmental Geosciences (3) Environmental Geosciences Lab (1) Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology (3) Physical Geology Laboratory (1) Meteorology (3) Historical Geology (4) Earth Materials (4) Oceanography & Earth Systems (3) Geomorphology (4) Secondary School Science Teaching Methods (3) Elementary Astronomy (3) Plant Biology (3) Select one or more of the following for a minimum of 3 credit hours: GEO 3060 Structural Geology (4) GEO 3080 Water Resources (3) GEO 3180 Paleontology (4) GEO 3210 Quantemary Environmental Change (3) GEO 3250 Geology of Utah (3) GEO 3550 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy (4) GEO 4210 Intro to Computer Mapping & GIS (4) Weber State University 20 05 - 2006 Catalog