Courses open to first-year students and available fall semester:
GEOL 100: Introduction to Geology: From Fire to Ice
GEOL 115: Introduction to Geology: Evolution of a Habitable Planet
GEOL 120: Introduction to Geology: Geologic Disasters-Agents of Chaos
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 100, 115 or 120 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 |
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| First Semester Sample Schedule | |||
| Course # | Course Name | Requirements | |
| 1 | FYS | First-Year Seminar | CCS |
| 2 | GEOL | GEOL 110 or GEOL 120 | 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 121 (required placement test) or Physics 111, Phys 131 or Phys 151 |
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AB Geology sample schedule:
| Geology Bachelor of Arts |
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| First Semester Sample Schedule | |||
| Course # | Course Name | Requirements | |
| 1 | FYS | First-Year Seminar | CCS |
| 2 | GEOL | GEOL 110 or GEOL 120 | 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 Kira Lawrence, Professor and head of geology, email lawrenck@lafayette.edu or call (610) 330-5196.