Geology
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Geology major requirements
Geology major (14 Courses):
- GEOL 105 Geology or GEOL 107 Environmental Geology or GEOL 120 Geology of Wisconsin
- GEOL 225 Hydrogeology
- GEOL 300 Mineralogy
- GEOL 320 Petrology
- GEOL 322 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- GEOL 325 Structural Geology
- GEOL 450 Geology Field Camp
- CHEM 105 General Chemistry 1
- CHEM 107 General Chemistry 2
- PHYS 111 Fundamentals of Physics 1 and PHYS 112 Fundamentals of Physics 2 or PHYS 121 General Physics 1 and PHYS 122 General Physics 2
- MATH 131 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Electives:
Two courses from the following list (only one may be at the 100 level):
- GEOL 115
- GEOL 120
- GEOL 240
- GEOL 250
- GEOL 301
- GEOL 307
- GEOL 330
- GEOL 350
- GEOL 354
- GEOL 428
- GEOL 490
- GEOL 492
- GEOL 496
- BIOL 450
All geology majors are required to attend a summer geology field camp (typically 5 to 6 weeks long), usually taken between the junior and senior years of undergraduate study.Senior Thesis (GEOL 496) and a second semester of Calculus and Analytic Geometry (MATH 132) are strongly recommended for those students who plan to attend graduate school.
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