576 College of Science 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 4g70 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) or PHYS 2210 PS - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Credits: (5) and PHYS 2220 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Credits: (5) * either MATH 1050 QL - College Algebra Credits: (4) MATH 1060 - Trigonometry Credits: (3) or MATH 1080 QL - Pre-calculus Credits: (5) or MATH 1210 - Calculus I Credits: (4) ** *Students planning to attend graduate school in Geology or a related geotechnical area should take PHYS 2210-PHYS 2220, Physics for Scientists & Engineers, instead of the General Physics series (PHYS 2010-PHYS 2020). **Students planning to attend graduate school in Geology or a related geotechnical area should also take MATH 1210/ MATH 1220, 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, GEO 3880, GEO 4100, and GEO 4150 as electives. Earth Science Teaching (BS) Advisor: Dr. Richard Ford, 8oi-626-6g42 rford@weber.edu • Program Prerequisite: Must satisfy Teacher Education admission and licensure requirements (see Teacher Education Department). • Minor: Not required. • Grade Requirements: A grade of "C-" or better in courses required for this major. • Credit Hour Requirements: Atotal of 125-126 credit hours is required for graduation; 70 to 72 of these are required within the major. Teacher Education Licensure requires 9 credit hours of support courses and 24 credit hours of professional education courses (see Teacher Education Department). This major requires atotal of 44 upper division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above); 17 of these are required Geosciences courses and 24 are Teacher Education courses. Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog