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 General Oceanography
- GEOL 120 Geology of Wisconsin
- GEOL 240 Tectonics (Infrequent)
- GEOL 250 Geomorphology
- GEOL 301 Evolution of the Earth
- GEOL 307 World Resources
- GEOL 330 Geological Field Methods
- GEOL 350 Glacial and Quaternary Geology (Infrequent)
- GEOL 354 Field Geology (Infrequent) (See photos from previous field courses!)
- GEOL 428 Environmental Geology Research
- GEOL 490 Independent Study
- GEOL 492 Directed Research
- GEOL 496 Senior Thesis
- BIOL 430 Paleobiology (Infrequent)
See course offerings for more detail.
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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