Listed below are the approved requirements for the program from the official Academic Programs Catalog.
Students must consult their advisors to learn which specific requirements apply to their degree programs.
Lyman Briggs College
Undergraduate Program
Earth Science Major (this program is in moratorium effective Fall 2020 through Fall 2022)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
Earth Science |
|
|
|
a. |
A minimum of 27 credits from the courses listed below including: |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
At least 14 credits in courses at the 300–400 level. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
At least 8 credits in earth science courses outside the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
At least one course in each of the following 5 earth science areas (15 to 22 credits). |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
AST |
207 |
The Science of Astronomy |
3 |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Geology of the Solid Earth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
201 |
The Dynamic Earth |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
321 |
Mineralogy and Geochemistry |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
351 |
Structural Geology and Tectonics |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
361 |
Petrology (W) |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
401 |
Plate Tectonics (W) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
481 |
Reservoirs and Aquifers |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
491 |
Field Geology – Summer Camp (W) |
6 |
|
|
|
|
(c) |
Paleobiology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
431 |
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (W) |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
433 |
Vertebrate Paleontology |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
434 |
Evolutionary Paleobiology |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
PLB |
335 |
Plants Through Time |
3 |
|
|
|
|
(d) |
Environmental Geosciences and Meteorology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
203 |
Introduction to Meteorology |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
401 |
Geography of Plants of North America |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
402 |
Agricultural Climatology |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
405 |
Weather Analysis and Forecasting |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
GLG |
421 |
Environmental Geochemistry |
4 |
|
|
|
|
(e) |
Geomorphology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CSS |
470 |
Soil Resources |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
407 |
Regional Geomorphology of the United States |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
GEO |
408 |
Soil Geomorphology Field Study |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Geography 206 and 206L, combined, may be substituted for one of the courses listed above. |
|