Major requirements

Earth science

Earth science major (environmental geology concentration)

Courses

• CHEM 105 General Chemistry 1

• CHEM 107 General Chemistry 2

• ENGL 306 Professional Writing

•ERTH 105 Geology

ERTH 107 Environmental Geology

• ERTH 225 Hydrogeology

• ERTH 240 Climate and Earth History

• ERTH 250 Geomorphology

• ERTH 307 World Resources

• ERTH 310 Earth Materials

• ERTH 322 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy

• ERTH 360 Wisconsin's People and Environment

• ERTH 499 Senior Examination

•MATH 221 Introduction to Statistics with R

SSCI 224 Basic Statistics

Three of the following courses:

• CHEM 302 Environmental Chemistry

• DATA 101 Data Analytics and Info Systems

• ERTH 230 GIS for Geosciences

• ERTH 275 Historical Geology

• ERTH 350 Glacial and Quaternary Geology

• ERTH 389 Special Topics

• ERTH 428 Environmental Geology Research

• ERTH 490 Independent Study

• ERTH 496 Senior Thesis

Total Credits Required: 60

All earth science majors with a geology concentration are required to attend a summer geology field camp, typically five to six weeks long, and usually taken between the junior and senior years of undergraduate study (transfers to SNC as ERTH 450). Attending field camp is an additional expense and must be taken through a university program approved by the earth science faculty. Senior Thesis (ERTH 496) and a second semester of Calculus and Analytic Geometry (MATH 132) are strongly recommended for those students who plan to attend graduate school.