Geosciences (Life and Environments) (BS)
Requirements for a Life and Environments Concentration in Geosciences (BS)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 4 hrs. from the following: | 4 | |
| GEO 3435 | Invertebrate Paleontology | |
| GEO 4430 | Vertebrate Paleontology | |
| GEO 4431 | Evolutionary History of Plants | |
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Select 3 hrs. from the following: | 3 | |
| Life and Environments Electives - List A | ||
| Select an additional 6 hrs. from the following lists: | 6 | |
| Life and Environments Electives - List A | ||
| Life and Environments Electives - List B | ||
| Total Hours | 13 | |
Life and Environments Electives
List A
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GEO 3430 | Petrology | 4 |
| GEO 4317 | Sedimentary Geochemistry | 3 |
| GEO 4321 | Isotope Geochemistry | 3 |
| GEO 4322 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 3 |
| GEO 4324 | Geomicrobiology | 3 |
| GEO 4328 | Sedimentary Petrology | 3 |
| GEO 4337 | Paleoecology | 3 |
| GEO 4388 | Earth System Science | 3 |
| GEO 4429 | Organic Geochemistry | 4 |
List B
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 3331 | Human Osteology | 3 |
| ANT 4314 | Human Biological Variation | 3 |
| ANT 4335 | The Human Fossil Record | 3 |
| BIO 3303 | Ecology | 3 |
| BIO 3320 | Climate Change Biology | 3 |
| BIO 3342 | Molecular Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIO 3350 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BIO 3366 | Foundations of Evolutionary Biology | 3 |
| BIO 4302 & BIO 4102 | General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| BIO 4310 | Biogeography | 3 |
| BIO 4317 & BIO 4117 | Plant Physiology and Plant Physiology Lab | 4 |
| BIO 4405 | Limnology | 4 |
| BIO 4406 | Aquatic Biology | 4 |
| CHE 3331 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 3332 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHE 3238 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| CHE 4341 & CHE 4141 | General Biochemistry and Modern Biochemistry Laboratory | 4 |
| ENV 3387 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| ENV 4304 | Aquatic Chemistry | 3 |
| GEO 4300 | Senior Thesis | 3 |
| GEO 4346 | Hydrogeology | 3 |
| GEO 4373 | Global Soil Systems | 3 |
| GEO 4381 | Paleoclimatology | 3 |
| GEO 4383 | Climate Change and Society I | 3 |
| GEO 4485 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |