Undergraduate requirements: Geology option

1. Ge 11 ab, Ge 11 c or Ge 11 d, Ge 13, Ge 109.
2. ACM 95 abc or (Ch 41 abc and Ge 108) or (Ch 21 abc and Ge 108).
3. Ge 106, Ge 114 ab, Ge 115 abc, Ge 112 a, Ge 121 ab¹.
4. (Ge 116 and Ge 111 ab) or (Ge 112 b and Ge 11 d²). 

¹Ge 122 can substitute for one term of Ge 121 ab.
²If Ge 11 d is used to satisfy requirement 4, students must take Ge/Ay 11 c to satisfy requirement 1.

Typical course schedules are given for information only; in many cases is it possible to take courses in different years or in a different order.

Typical Course Schedule		Units per term
		1st	2nd	3rd	summer
Second Year
Ge 11 ab, Ge/Ay 11 c	Introduction to Earth and Planetary Science	9	9	9
Ge 13	Scientific Writing Tutorial			3
Ge 109	Oral Presentation			3
Ge 106	Introduction to Field and Structural Geology			12
Ge 120	Summer Field Geology				12
Ph 2 ab	Sophomore physics	9	9
Ma 2 ab	Sophomore mathematics	9	9
	HSS electives	9	9	9
	Total units:	36	36	36	12
Third Year
ACM 95 abc	Intro. Methods of Applied Math.	12	12	12
Ge 114 ab	Mineralogy	12
Ge 112 a	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	12
Ge 115 abc	Petrology and Petrography		6	12
	HSS electives	9	9	9
Track 1:
Ge 111 a	Applied Geophysics Seminar			6
Ge 111 b	Applied Geophysics Field Course				9
Ge 116	Analytical Techniques		6
	Track 1 total units:	45	33	39	9
Or Track 2:
Ge 11 d	Geophysics		9
Ge 112 b	Geomorphology and Environmental Statigraphy			12
	Or Track 2 total units:	45	36	45	0
Fourth Year
	Advanced Field and Structural Geology	12		12
	HSS electives	9	9	9
	Total units:	21	9	21	0

For students beginning their junior year, it is possible to complete the requirements for the geology option within two years, but there are benefits from starting with Ge 11 abc in the sophomore year.

Passing grades must be earned in a total of 486 units, including courses listed above. Any student whose grade-point average in science and mathematics courses is less than 1.9 at the end of an academic year may be refused permission to register in the geological and planetary science options.

For more information

For more information, contact geology option representative Paul Asimow.