Geology Minor

Required Courses:

• GEL 1010 - Physical Geology
• GEL 1030 - Historical Geology
• GEL 3050 - Mineralogy and Petrology
• GEL 3060 - Stratigraphy and Structure

Electives:

A minimum of eight additional hours of upper-division credit must be selected from the following list in consultation with a department advisor to avoid prerequisite problems. A maximum of four credit hours of the minor may be selected from the upper-division field-lecture courses.

• ENV 4000 - Environmental Geology
• ENV 4010 - Environmental Hazards and GIS

• ENV 4970 Environmental Field Studies

• GEL 3120 - Advanced Geomorphology
• GEL 3150 - Hydrogeology
• GEL 3420 - Soil Resources
• GEL 3440 - Energy and Mineral Resources

• GEL 35XX Various Advanced Geology Field-Lecture courses (a limit of four hours of field-lecture courses can be counted toward the minor)

• GEL 390X Advanced Topics in Geology

• GEL 4150 - Hydrology

Geology Minor total: 24