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Earth Science - B.A. Program Requirements

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 (67 credits)*  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  BSCI 10110

30560		 Biological Diversity (4)
or
Invertebrate Zoology (4)		 4
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4
KBS   10062 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
  GEOG 31062 Fundamental of Meteorology 3
    31064 Principles of Climatology 3
    41073 Conservation-Natural Resources 3
    41082 Geography of Soils 3
KBS GEOL 11040 Earth Dynamics 3
KBS   11041 Earth Dynamics Laboratory 1
KBS
  11042 Earth History 3
KBS   11043 Earth History Laboratory 1
KAD
  21080 Oceanography 3
    23063 Earth Materials I
 4
    31070 Earth Materials II
 4
    32066 Geomorphology 4
WIC   34061 Invertebrate Paleontology** 4
    3/4xxxx GEOL Elective (upper division) 3
    3/4xxxx GEOG or GEOL Elective (upper division) 3
KMC MATH 11010 Algebra for Calculus 3
    11022 Trigonometry 2
KBS PHY 13001

13021

23101		 General College Physics I (4)
and
General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
or
General University Physics I (5)		 5
KBS   24001 Astronomy** 3
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (53 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language*** 14-20
  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) 6
  College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences)****
 3
  General Electives (upper division)
Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours
 12
MINIMUM TOTAL  121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

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

***Fulfills College General Requirements

****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.