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EIU Department of Geosciences

Geology Option (67 Hours)

Required Geology Courses (37 hours)

GEO 1300G - Introduction to Earth Sciences. Credits: 4
or GEO 1390G - Introduction to Earth Sciences, Honors. Credits: 4
GEO 2200 - History of the Earth. Credits: 4
GEO 2440 - Mineralogy. Credits: 4
GEO 3405 - Petrology. Credits: 4
GEO 3420 - Geomorphology: Surficial Processes and Landforms. Credits: 3
GEO 3430 - Structural Geology. Credits: 3
GEO 3510 - Principles of Sedimentation. Credits: 3
GEO 3560 - Principles of Stratigraphy. Credits: 3
GEO 4850 - Environmental Geology. Credits: 3

Other Required Core Classes (21 hours)

CHM 1310G - General Chemistry I. Credits: 3
CHM 1315G - General Chemistry Laboratory I. Credits: 1
CHM 1410 - General Chemistry II. Credits: 3
CHM 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory II. Credits: 1
MAT 1441G - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. Credits: 5
PHY 1151G - Principles of Physics I. Credits: 3
PHY 1152G - Principles of Physics I Laboratory. Credits: 1
PHY 1161 - Principles of Physics II. Credits: 3
PHY 1162 - Principles of Physics II Laboratory. Credits: 1

Major Electives (9 hours)

A List Electives (must take at least 6 hours)

GEO 2100 - Geology of Energy Resources. Credits: 3
GEO 2450G - Oceanography. Credits: 3
GEO 3085 - Vertebrate Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology. Credits: 3
GEO 3115 - Introduction to Paleoclimate. Credits: 4
GEO 3275 - Planetary Geology. Credits: 3
GEO 3440 - Tectonics. Credits: 3
GEO 3460 - Economic Mineral Deposits. Credits: 3
GEO 3470 - Seminar in Geology. Credits: 1 to 3
GEO 3505 - Volcanology. Credits: 3
GEO 4480 - Optical Mineralogy. Credits: 4
GEO 4490 - Invertebrate Paleontology. Credits: 3

B List Electives (a maximum of 3 hours can be from this list)

GEO 3550 - Surface Water Processes and Resources. Credits: 3
GEO 3810 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Credits: 3
GEO 3820 - Remote Sensing I. Credits: 3

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Contact Information

Department of Geosciences

Physical Science Building
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
(217) 581-2626
geoscience@eiu.edu

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