Department of Geological Sciences

Stephen Culver, Chair (101 Graham Building; culvers@ecu.edu; 252-328-6360)
Steve Harper, Director of Undergraduate Studies (104 Graham Building; harpers@ecu.edu; 252-328-6773)

Faculty

• Department of Geological Sciences Faculty  

Programs

• Geology, BS

• Geological Sciences Honors

• 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 2500 - The Atlantic Ocean and the Mid-Atlantic Coast
• GEOL 2501 - The Atlantic Ocean and the Mid-Atlantic Coast Laboratory
• GEOL 2600 - Analysis Techniques and Methods of Coastal Ocean Research
• GEOL 3050 - Mineralogy and Petrology I
• GEOL 3051 - Mineralogy and Petrology I Laboratory
• GEOL 3150 - Mineralogy and Petrology II
• GEOL 3151 - Mineralogy and Petrology II Laboratory
• GEOL 3200 - Introduction to Field Methods
• GEOL 3201 - Introduction to Field Methods
• GEOL 3209 - Environmental Forensics
• GEOL 3210 - Environmental Forensics Laboratory
• GEOL 3250 - Introduction to Geomorphology
• GEOL 3251 - Introduction to Geomorphology Laboratory
• GEOL 3300 - Structural Geology
• GEOL 3301 - Structural Geology Laboratory
• 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 Laboratory
• GEOL 4020 - Stratigraphy
• GEOL 4021 - Stratigraphy Laboratory
• GEOL 4200 - Paleontology
• GEOL 4201 - Paleontology Laboratory
• GEOL 4550 - Honors Thesis
• GEOL 4551 - Honors Thesis
• GEOL 5000 - Geomorphology
• GEOL 5001 - Geomorphology Laboratory
• 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 Laboratory
• GEOL 5450 - Introduction to Aqueous Geochemistry
• GEOL 5451 - Aqueous Geochemistry Laboratory
• 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 Laboratory
• GEOL 5700 - Geohydrology of Drainage Basins
• GEOL 5701 - Geohydrology of Drainage Basins Laboratory
• GEOL 5710 - Ground Water Hydrology
• GEOL 5711 - Ground Water Hydrology Laboratory

• GEOL 3000 - Mineralogy
• GEOL 3001 - Mineralogy Laboratory
• GEOL 3100 - Petrology
• GEOL 3101 - Petrology Laboratory