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Geology - B.S. 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 (77 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  BSCI


 10110

30560		 Biological Diversity (4)
or
Invertebrate Zoology (4)		 4
KAD CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4
KBS   10062 General Chemistry Laboratory I
 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
    31080 Structural Geology 4
    32066 Geomorphology 4
WIC   34061 Invertebrate Paleontology* 4

 

   41025

43040		 General Geophysics(3)
or
Principles of Geochemistry (3) (spring only)		 3
    41092 Summer Field Camp 6
    44070 Principles of Stratigraphy 4
    3/4xxxx GEOL Elective (upper division) 9
  GEOL

MATH		 42035

30011		 Scientific Methods in Geology (3)
or
Basic Probability and Statistics (3)		 3
KMC MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5
KBS PHY 13001 General College Physics I 4
KBS   13021 General College Physics Laboratory I 1

Choose one of the following series: 5
KBS CHEM 10061 General Chemistry II (4)
KBS   10063 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)  
    or  
KBS PHY 13002 General College Physics II (4)  
KBS   13022 General College Physics Laboratory II (1)
III.  ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (43 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language 8-10
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 2
  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) 6
  General Electives (minimum 3 upper-division credit hours) 12
MINIMUM TOTAL  121

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