Kent State University Catalog 2014 - 2015

Geology - B.S. Program Requirements Download to print

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning 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 (56-57 credits) ¹ Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	BSCI	10002 10110	Life on Planet Earth (3) or Biological Diversity (4)	3-4
KAD	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry Laboratory I	1
KBS	GEOL	11040	How the Earth Works	3
KBS		11041	How the Earth Works Laboratory	1
KBS		11042	Earth and Life Through Time	3
KBS		11043	Earth and Life Through Time Laboratory	1
		22000	Introductory Geology Seminar	1
		23063	Earth Materials I	4
		31070	Earth Materials II	4
		31080	Structural Geology	4
WIC		34061	Invertebrate Paleontology ²	4
ELR		41092	Summer Field Camp	6
		44070	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	4
	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
Below are additional major requirements for students not declared in the Environmental Geology concentration.
	Upper-division Geology courses ³			15
	Choose one of the following series ⁴			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 (41-43 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language ⁵			8-10
	Kent Core Composition			6
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (1-2 upper-division credit hours) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			12-14
IV.	CONCENTRATION (21-22 credits) counts in major GPA
	Environmental Geology concentration (21-22)
MINIMUM TOTAL				120

¹ All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

² A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

³ The following courses may not satisfy major requirements: GEOL 41073 Geology of Ohio, GEOL 41077 Geology of the National Parks and GEOL 41079 All About Dinosaurs.

⁴ Both General Chemistry II and Lab and General College Physics II and lab are recommended for students intending to pursue Geology in graduate school.

⁵ Fulfills College General Requirement.

Environmental Geology concentration

For semester-by-semester sequencing for this program, view the 2014-2015 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21-22 credits)¹ courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	CHEM	10061	General Chemistry II	4
KBS		10063	General Chemistry Laboratory II	1
	GEOL	32066	Geomorphology	4
		43040	Principles of Geochemistry	3
	Choose from the following upper-division courses:			9-10
	GEOL	42030	Remote Sensing (3)
		42067	Introduction Hydrogeology (3)
		42068	Contaminant Hydrology and Hydrogeology (3)
		42074	Environmental Core and Well Logging (3)
		42078	Engineering Geology (3)
		43042	Environmental Geochemistry (3)
		43044	Environmental Isotopes (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				21

¹ All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.