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Geology

(BS)

Major

(Major GPA based on all geology and required earth science and geography courses taken at EIU.)

The Geology major comprises:

BIO 1001G
Biological Principles and Issues.  (3 credits)
CHM 1310G
General Chemistry I.  (3 credits)
CHM 1315G
General Chemistry Laboratory I.  (1 credits)
CHM 1410
General Chemistry II.  (3 credits)
CHM 1415
General Chemistry Laboratory II.  (1 credits)
GEL 1300G
Introduction to Earth Sciences.  (4 credits)
GEL 1430
Historical Geology.  (4 credits)
GEL 2440
Mineralogy.  (4 credits)
GEL 3405
Petrology.  (4 credits)
GEL 3420
Principles of Geomorphology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3430
Structural Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3510
Principles of Sedimentation.  (3 credits)
GEL 3560
Principles of Stratigraphy.  (3 credits)
GEL 4335
Environmental Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 4490
Invertebrate Paleontology.  (3 credits)
GEL 4800
Summer Field Geology in the Black Hills, S.D.  (6 credits)
MAT 1330
Analytical Trigonometry.  (2 credits)
MAT 1441G
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I.  (5 credits)
PHY 1151G
Principles of Physics I.  (3 credits)
PHY 1152G
Principles of Physics I Laboratory.  (1 credits)
PHY 1161
Principles of Physics II.  (3 credits)
PHY 1162
Principles of Physics II Laboratory.  (1 credits)

Major electives:

9 semester hours of electives must be taken from the following A and B lists:

A List

A minimum of 6 semester hours must be taken from the following courses:

ESC 3300
Soils.  (3 credits)
GEL 3425
Engineering Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3440
Tectonics.  (3 credits)
GEL 3460
Economic Mineral Deposits.  (3 credits)
GEL 3470
Seminar.  (1 to 3 credits)
GEL 3490
Coal Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3500
Volcanology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3525
Hydrogeology.  (3 credits)
GEL 4000
Petroleum Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 4200
Introduction to Geophysical Exploration.  (3 credits)
GEL 4450
Well Log Interpretation.  (3 credits)
GEL 4480
Optical Mineralogy.  (4 credits)
GEL 4892
Introduction to Paleobotany.  (4 credits)

B List

A maximum of 3 semester hours can be used from the following courses to meet the elective requiment:

ESC 3550
Surface Water Processes and Resources.  (3 credits)
GEG 3800
Introduction to Cartography.  (3 credits)
GEG 3855
Computer Mapping.  (3 credits)
GEG 4890
Geographic Information Systems.  (3 credits)

Suggested Four-Year Plan of Study

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14

  • General Education Elective. Credits: 3
CHM 1310G
General Chemistry I.  (3 credits)
CHM 1315G
General Chemistry Laboratory I.  (1 credits)
ENG 1001G
Composition and Language.  (3 credits)
GEL 1300G
Introduction to Earth Sciences.  (4 credits)

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14

  • General Education Elective. Credits: 3
CHM 1410
General Chemistry II.  (3 credits)
CHM 1415
General Chemistry Laboratory II.  (1 credits)
ENG 1002G
Composition and Literature.  (3 credits)
GEL 1430
Historical Geology.  (4 credits)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Elective. Credits: 3
BIO 1001G
Biological Principles and Issues.  (3 credits)
GEL 2440
Mineralogy.  (4 credits)
MAT 1330
Analytical Trigonometry.  (2 credits)
SPC 1310G
Introduction to Speech Communication.  (3 credits)

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

  • General Education Elective. Credits: 3
GEL 3405
Petrology.  (4 credits)
GEL 3420
Principles of Geomorphology.  (3 credits)
MAT 1441G
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I.  (5 credits)

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

  • Major Elective. Credits: 3
  • General Education Elective. Credits: 3
GEL 3430
Structural Geology.  (3 credits)
GEL 3510
Principles of Sedimentation.  (3 credits)
PHY 1151G
Principles of Physics I.  (3 credits)
PHY 1152G
Principles of Physics I Laboratory.  (1 credits)

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 13

  • Major Elective. Credits: 3
GEL 3560
Principles of Stratigraphy.  (3 credits)
HIS 3600G
The U.S. Constitution and the Nation.  (3 credits)

or PLS 1153G

PHY 1161
Principles of Physics II.  (3 credits)
PHY 1162
Principles of Physics II Laboratory.  (1 credits)
PLS 1153G
American Government and Constitution.  (3 credits)

or HIS 3600G

Summer, Junior or Senior Year - Total Hours: 6

GEL 4800
Summer Field Geology in the Black Hills, S.D.  (6 credits)

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 14-16

  • Major Elective. Credits: 3
  • Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
  • Elective. Credits: 2-3
  • Elective or Foreign Language. Credits: 3-4
GEL 4490
Invertebrate Paleontology.  (3 credits)

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14-16

  • Elective. Credits: 3
  • Elective. Credits: 3
  • Elective. Credits: 2-3
  • Elective or Foreign Language. Credits: 3-4
GEL 4335
Environmental Geology.  (3 credits)

Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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