Kent State University Catalog 2016 - 2017

Geology - B.S. Program Requirements Download to print

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
	UC	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 Number of general elective credit hours required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division hours.			12-14
CONCENTRATION (21-22 credits)
	Environmental Geology concentration (21-22)
MINIMUM TOTAL				120

UC 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
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.
Both General Chemistry II and Lab and General College Physics II and lab are recommended for students intending to pursue Geology in graduate school.
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 GEOL GEOL	42069 43040 43042	Hyrdogeochemistry (3) or Principles of Geochemistry (3) or Environmental Geochemistry (3)	3
	Choose from the following upper-division courses:			9-10
	GEOL	42030	Remote Sensing (3)
	GEOL	42065	Watershed Hydrology (3)
	GEOL	42067	Introduction Hydrogeology (3)
	GEOL	42068	Contaminant Hydrology and Hydrogeology (3)
	GEOL	42069	Hydrogeochemistry (3)
	GEOL	42074	Environmental Core and Well Logging (3)
	GEOL	42078	Engineering Geology (4)
	GEOL	43040	Principles of Geochemistry (3)
	GEOL	43042	Environmental Geochemistry (3)
	GEOL	43044	Environmental Isotopes (3)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				21