Earth, Water, and Climate Science B.S.

Bachelor of Science - Earth, Water, and Climate Science

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 64-72

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2022-23

Note: This degree is designed for students who seek post-graduate employment as a professional geoscientist or preparation for graduate study in Geosciences.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core		13
Upper-Division Core		6
Upper-Division Electives		18-24
Upper-Division Experiential Learning		3
Cognate Sciences		24-26
Total Hours		64-72

Lower-Division Core

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		4
ERTH 101N and ERTH 102N	Earth Systems Science and Earth Systems Science Lab
GEO 103N and GEO 104N	Introduction to Environmental Geology and Introduction to Environmental Geology Lab
GEO 107N and GEO 104N	Natural Disasters and Introduction to Environmental Geology Lab
Complete all of the following courses:
ERTH 194	Getting to Know Earth, Water, and Climate Science	1
GEO 201	The Rocky Planet	4
GEO 202	The Water Planet	4
Total Hours		13

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Core

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
GEO 323	Computational Methods for Earth and Environmental Scientists	3
GEO 428	Field Methods: Earth, Water, and Climate Science	3
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Electives

Rule: Complete two courses from each of the following three categories. At least one course from each category must be a GEO course.

Earth Science

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two of the following courses:		6-8
GEO 302	Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy
GEO 305	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEO 309	Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
GEO 321	Earth Resources and Sustainability
GEO 327	Geochemistry
GEO 433	Global Tectonics
GEO 439	Geophysics
GEO 443	Principles of Sedimentary Petrology
Total Hours		6-8

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Water Science

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two of the following courses:		6-8
GEO 320	Global Water
GEO 420	Hydrogeology
GEO 421	Hydrology
GEO 460	Process Geomorphology
NRSM 385	Watershed Hydrology
Total Hours		6-8

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate Science

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two of the following courses:		6-8
ERTH 303N	Weather and Climate
GEO 318	Earth's Changing Climate
GEO 322	Energy and the Environment
GEO 488	Snow, Ice and Climate Change
Total Hours		6-8

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Experiential Learning

Rule: Complete 3 credits of experiential learning. Course substitutions must be approved by the department.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
GEO 316	Getting Started in Research
GEO 409	Careers in Geosciences
GEO 498	Internship
GEO 499	Senior Thesis/Capstone
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Cognate Sciences

Rule: The following cognate courses are required. Course substitutions must be approved by the department.

Physics

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following sequences:		10
Algebra- and Trigonometry-based Physics:
PHSX 205N & PHSX 206N	College Physics I and College Physics I Laboratory
PHSX 207N & PHSX 208N	College Physics II and College Physics II Laboratory
Calculus-based Physics:
PHSX 215N & PHSX 216N	Fundamentals of Physics w/ Calculus I and Physics Laboratory I w/ Calculus
PHSX 217N & PHSX 218N	Fundamentals of Physics w/ Calculus II and Physics Laboratory II w/Calculus

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Chemistry

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following:		3-5
CHMY 121N	Introduction to General Chemistry
CHMY 141N & CHMY 142N	College Chemistry I and College Chemistry I Lab
Total Hours		3-5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Mathematics and Statistics

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following courses:
M 171	Calculus I	4
M 172 or STAT 215	Calculus I or Introduction to Statistics	4
Total Hours		8

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Computer Science

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
CSCI 150	Introduction to Computer Science	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-