Courses open to first-year students and available fall semester:
GEOL 120: Introduction to Geology: Geologic Disasters-Agents of Chaos
GEOL 130: Introduction to Geology: Dinosaurs, Darwin, & Deep Time
These courses have no prerequisites. Click here to visit course descriptions for these and other Geology courses. They both are introductory courses of equivalent level and need not be taken in any sequence. First-year students who are unable to register for GEOL 120 or 130 this fall are encouraged to take an introductory geology course (100-level) in the spring semester.
B.S. Geology or B.S. Geology with a concentration in Environmental Geosciences sample schedule:
| Geology Bachelor of Science (BS) |
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| First Semester Sample Schedule | |||
| Course # | Course Name | Requirements | |
| 1 | FYS | First-Year Seminar | CCS |
| 2 | GEOL | GEOL 120 or GEOL 130 | Possible major and CCS/Natural Science |
| 3 | MATH | Mathematics 161: Calculus I (required placement test) or Mathematics 125: Elements of Calculus or |
CCS/Quantitative |
| 4 | Chemistry 107 (required placement test) or Physics 111, Phys 131 or Phys 151 |
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AB Geology sample schedule:
| Geology Bachelor of Arts (AB) |
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| First Semester Sample Schedule | |||
| Course # | Course Name | Requirements | |
| 1 | FYS | First-Year Seminar | CCS |
| 2 | GEOL | GEOL 120 or GEOL 130 | Possible major and CCS/Natural Science |
| 3 | CCS Elective: Quantitative Reasoning/Humanities/Social Science/ Foreign Language | CSS | |
| 4 | Free Elective: You choose from the List of Courses | ||
To contact David Sunderlin, Department Head of geology, email sunderld@lafayette.edu or call (610) 330-5198.