The minor program in geological sciences is meant for students who would like to acquire a basic knowledge of geology in addition to their major area of study.
For more information, please visit the Geological Sciences website.
Requirements
The College of Arts and Sciences' requirements for a minor include a minimum of 18 credit hours in the minor area, including a minimum of 9 upper-division credit hours.
All coursework applied to the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better; no pass/fail work may be applied. The grade point average for all minor degree coursework must be equal to 2.000 (C) or higher. Students are allowed to apply no more than 9 credit hours, including 6 upper-division credit hours, of transfer work toward a minor.
The departmental requirements for the minor are listed below. The department strongly urges students interested in pursuing a minor in geology to consult a departmental advisor.
Required Courses and Credits
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Courses | ||
| Lectures | ||
| Select two of the following 1000-level introductory courses: | 6 | |
| Exploring Earth 1 | ||
or GEOL 1012 | Exploring Earth for Scientists | |
| Dodos, Dinos, and Deinococcus: The History of a Habitable Planet 2 | ||
or GEOL 1040 | Geology of Colorado | |
| Global Change: An Earth Science Perspective | ||
| Water, Energy and Environment: An Introduction to Earth Resources | ||
| Our Deadly Planet | ||
| Our Microbial Planet | ||
| Introductory Laboratory Course | ||
| GEOL 1030 | Introduction to Geology Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| Laboratory or Field-Oriented Course | ||
| Select at least one of the following laboratory or field-oriented courses: | 2-4 | |
| Planet Earth | ||
| Introduction to Field Geology | ||
| Introduction to Mineralogy | ||
| Statistics and Geographic Data | ||
| Structural Geology | ||
| Principles of Geophysics | ||
| Paleobiology | ||
| Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Earth Surface Processes | ||
| Geology Electives | ||
| Additional geology coursework to bring the total upper-division credit hours to 9 and total credit hours in geology to 18. | 7-9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 1 | Students cannot take GEOL 1010 and GEOL 1012 as these two course are considered similar to each other and the student will lose credit for one of the courses. |
| 2 | Students cannot take GEOL 1020 and GEOL 1040 as these two course are considered similar to each other and the student will lose credit for one of the courses. |