Kent State University Catalog 2010 - 2011

Geology - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (41-46 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10110 30560	Biological Diversity (4) or Invertebrate Zoology (4)	4
KAD	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
KBS	GEOL	11040	Earth Dynamics	3
KBS		11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory	1
KBS		11042	Earth History	3
KBS		11043	Earth History Laboratory	1
		23063	Mineralogy	4
		31070	Petrology	4
WIC		34061	Invertebrate Paleontology*	4
		41092	Summer Field Camp	6
		3/4xxxx	GEOL Elective (upper division)	15-20
KMC	MATH	11010	Algebra for Calculus	3
		11022	Trigonometry	2
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (85 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			14-16
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			3
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			9
	General Electives (upper division)			30
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

Minimum 15 credit hours must be applied toward upper-division GEOL course electives. The following courses may not satisfy major requirements: GEOL 41073 Geology of Ohio and GEOL 41077 Geology of the National Parks.