Department of Geological Sciences

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Stephen J. Culver, Chair, 101 Graham Building

Faculty

• Department of Geological Sciences Faculty 

Geology Honors Program

A student desiring to enter the honors program in geology must satisfy the approved departmental criteria; junior standing with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA; completion of a minimum of 20 s.h. in geology; a minimum 3.0 GPA in geology courses with no grade below C. See GEOL 4550 , GEOL 4551 , Honors Thesis.

Programs

• Geology, BS

• Geology Minor

Courses

• GEOL 1500 - Dynamic Earth
• GEOL 1501 - Dynamic Earth Laboratory
• GEOL 1550 - Oceanography
• GEOL 1600 - Earth and Life Through Time
• GEOL 1700 - Environmental Geology
• GEOL 1800 - Geology of the National Parks
• GEOL 2000 - Quantitative Methods in the Geological Sciences
• GEOL 3050 - Mineralogy and Petrology I
• GEOL 3051 - Mineralogy and Petrology I
• GEOL 3150 - Mineralogy and Petrology II
• GEOL 3151 - Mineralogy and Petrology II
• GEOL 3200 - Introduction to Field Methods
• GEOL 3201 - Introduction to Field Methods
• GEOL 3209 - Environmental Forensics
• GEOL 3250 - Introduction to Geomorphology
• GEOL 3251 - Introduction to Geomorphology
• GEOL 3300 - Structural Geology
• GEOL 3301 - Structural Geology
• GEOL 3402 - Engineering Geology
• GEOL 3500 - Hydrogeology and the Environment
• GEOL 3700 - Advanced Oceanography
• GEOL 3800 - Earth’s Climate: A Geological Perspective
• GEOL 4000 - Summer Field Course in Geology
• GEOL 4010 - Sedimentology
• GEOL 4011 - Sedimentology
• GEOL 4020 - Stratigraphy
• GEOL 4021 - Stratigraphy
• GEOL 4200 - Paleontology
• GEOL 4201 - Paleontology
• GEOL 4550 - Honors Thesis
• GEOL 4551 - Honors Thesis
• GEOL 5000 - Geomorphology
• GEOL 5001 - Geomorphology
• GEOL 5150 - The Geologic Component of Environmental Science
• GEOL 5300 - Geology of Coastal Processes and Environments
• GEOL 5350 - Marine Geology
• GEOL 5400 - Optical Mineralogy
• GEOL 5401 - Optical Mineralogy
• GEOL 5450 - Introduction to Aqueous Geochemistry
• GEOL 5500 - Directed Studies in Geology
• GEOL 5510 - Directed Studies in Geology
• GEOL 5520 - Directed Studies in Geology
• GEOL 5600 - Economic Geology
• GEOL 5601 - Economic Geology
• GEOL 5700 - Geohydrology of Drainage Basins
• GEOL 5701 - Geohydrology of Drainage Basins
• GEOL 5710 - Ground Water Hydrology
• GEOL 5711 - Ground Water Hydrology

• GEOL 1601 - Historical Geology Laboratory
• GEOL 3000 - Mineralogy
• GEOL 3001 - Mineralogy
• GEOL 3100 - Petrology
• GEOL 3101 - Petrology
• GEOL 4100 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
• GEOL 4101 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
• GEOL 5750 - Introduction to Engineering Geology
• GEOL 5751 - Introduction to Engineering Geology

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