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2025-2026 College Catalog

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2025-2026 College Catalog

Geology Minor

A geology minor consists of 16 credits, not more than half of which may be GES 203 or below.

Upper-Level Geology Electives (8 credits)

GES 211 - Local Environmental Systems Credits: 3
GES 211L - Local Environmental Systems Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 213 - Global Physical Systems Credits: 3
GES 215 - Global Change - Humans and Biological Systems Credits: 3
GES 225 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
GES 243 - Mineralogy: Earth Materials I Credits: 3
GES 243L - Mineralogy: Earth Materials I Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 244 - Petrology: Earth Materials II Credits: 3
GES 244L - Petrology: Earth Materials II Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 251 - Surficial Geology: Earth Structures I Credits: 3
GES 251L - Surficial Geology: Earth Structures I Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 252 - Structural Geology: Earth Structures II Credits: 3
GES 252L - Structural Geology: Earth Structures II Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 320 - Introduction to Petroleum Geology Credits: 3
GES 351 - Invertebrate Paleontology Credits: 3
GES 351L - Invertebrate Paleontology Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 430 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: 3
GES 450 - Hydrogeology Credits: 3
GES 450L - Hydrogeology Laboratory Credits: 1
GES 453 - Sedimentology Credits: 3
GES 453L - Sedimentology Laboratory Credits: 1

Geology Electives (8 credits)

Any GES course