BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

Departmental Requirements (36 credits)

GEOL 111G, Survey of Geology or HON 219G, Earth, Time and Life

GEOL 305G, Fossils and the Evolution of Life

GEOL 310, Mineralogy

GEOL 312, Optical Mineralogy

GEOL 360, General Geochemistry

GEOL 399, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

GEOL 420, Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

GEOL 499, The Geologic Profession

GEOL 470, Structural Geology

GEOL 490, Field Geology

GEOL 491, Tectonic Evolution of North America

GEOL 495, Geology Field Camp

Geology Electives (choose 12 credits/4 classes from this list)

CE 357, Soil Mechanics

GEOL 216, Geology of the Colorado Plateau

GEOL 295, Environmental Geology

GEOL 335G, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes, and Floods

GEOL 353, Geomorphology

GEOL 424, Soil Chemistry, or GEOL 479, Environmental Soil Chemistry

GEOL 452, Geohydrology

GEOL 454, Advanced Stratigraphic Concepts

GEOL 465, Isotope Geology

GEOL 474, Ground Water Geology

GEOL 475, Geology of Mineral Resources

GEOL 478, Petroleum Geology

GEOL 480, Seminar (with subtitle)

GPHY 330, Introduction to Geophysics

GPHY 451, Principles of Geophysics I

GPHY 452, Principles of Geophysics II

SOIL 252, Soils

Non-departmental Requirements (25 credits)

CHEM 111 or CHEM 115 (preferred)

CHEM 112 or CHEM 116 (preferred)

CS 167, CE 151, GEN 151, A EN 151 or other equivalent computer programming course.

MATH 191, MATH 192

PHYS 211 & 211L OR PHYS 215 & 215L

PHYS 212 & 212L OR PHYS 216 & 216L

Two semesters of a foreign language (111, 112), or high school equivalent (8 high school credits, generally 2 years)

General Education/Common Core Requirements (as required for all University degrees)

Other electives to bring total to 128 credits, of which 48 must be 300 or 400-level.