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Geology - B.S. Degree (licensure - qualifying)

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences 
Office: 150 Houghton Hall 

(716) 673-3302

Erica Simoson, Chairperson

Email: geosciences@fredonia.edu

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/geology-environmental-sciences

Major Requirements

Core Courses:

GEO 102Freshman Seminar

1
GEO 165Planet Earth

3
GEO 169Planet Earth Lab

1
GEO 210Earth History

3
GEO 211Earth History Lab

1
GEO 330Geomorphology

4
GEO 345Paleontology

4
GEO 370Structural Geology

4
GEO 400Stratigraphy

4
GEO 411Mineralogy

4
GEO 421Petrology

4
GEO 459Seminar in Geosciences

1
GEO 460Senior Seminar

1
GEO 461Field Geology

3
One GEO or GIS 300/400 level elective course

3-4
Total Credit Hours:41-42

Supporting Courses:

 
MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3
MATH 121Survey of Calculus II

3
or
MATH 122University Calculus I

4
MATH 123University Calculus II

4
CHEM 115General Chemistry Lecture I

3
CHEM 125General Chemistry Laboratory I

1
CHEM 116General Chemistry Lecture II

3
CHEM 126General Chemistry Laboratory II

1
PHYS 121College Physics I

3
PHYS 123College Physics Lab I

1
and
PHYS 122College Physics II

3
PHYS 124College Physics II Lab

1
or
PHYS 230University Physics I

4
PHYS 232University Physics I Lab

1
and
PHYS 231University Physics II

4
PHYS 233University Physics II Lab

1
STAT
Statistics 200 level course or higher

3
Total Credit Hours:25-29

Total Credit Hours: 66-71