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Attribute 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.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (56-57 credits)   Courses count in major GPA 
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KBS
KBS		 BSCI
BSCI		 10002
10110		 Life on Planet Earth (3)   or
Biological Diversity (4)		 3-4  
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4  
KBS CHEM 10062 General Chemistry Laboratory I 1  
KBS GEOL 11040 How the Earth Works 3  
KBS GEOL 11041 How the Earth Works Laboratory 1  
KBS GEOL 11042 Earth and Life Through Time 3  
KBS GEOL 11043 Earth and Life Through Time Laboratory 1  
ELR GEOL 22000 Introductory Geology Seminar 1  
  GEOL 23063 Earth Materials I 4  
  GEOL 31070 Earth Materials II 4  
  GEOL 31080 Structural Geology 4  
WIC GEOL 34061 Invertebrate Paleontology 4 C 2
ELR GEOL 41092 Summer Field Camp 6  
  GEOL 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 PHY 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 CHEM 10063 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)    
    or    
KBS PHY 13002 General College Physics II (4)    
KBS PHY 13022 General College Physics Laboratory II (1)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (41-43 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  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 depend on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours		 12-14  
 CONCENTRATION (21-22 credits) counts in major GPA
  Environmental Geology concentration (21-22)    
MINIMUM TOTAL  120  
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  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

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