Degree Requirements,
B.S. in Geology at Kent State

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The Bachelor of Science in Geology

The Bachelor of Science program is designed for those interested in a professional career in geology. To obtain the B.S. degree, the student completes courses concerning minerals, rocks, landforms, fossils, structural geology, geochemistry, and field mapping, among others. These courses are supplemented by courses such as introductory chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. 

General Requirements

At least 42 semester credits must be taken in upper division courses (30000-level and above). 
At least 39 semester credits must be taken in Liberal Education Requirements courses, and these should be completed during the first 64 credits of enrollment. 
At least 121 semester credits of approved coursework must be completed successfully. 
GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology or GEOL 21080 Oceanography may be substituted for GEOL 11040 with Departmental permission.
Requires completion of GEOL 41092, Summer Field Camp.
A 2.00 cumulative grade-point average both overall and in the major, is necessary to graduate.

Required Courses
Course number
Course Name
Credits
GEOL   11040 Earth Dynamics
3
             11041 Earth Dynamics Lab
1
             11042 Earth History
3
             11043 Earth History Lab
1
             23063 Mineralogy
4
             31070 Petrology
4
             31080 Structural Geology
4
             32066 Geomorphology
4
             34061 Invertebrate Paleontology
4
             41092 Summer Field Camp
6
             44070 Principles of Stratigraphy
4
  Plus nine elective credits
 9
CHEM 10060
             10061
General Chemistry I, II
8
             10062
             10063
General Chemistry Lab I, II
2
MATH 12002 Analytic Geom. and Calculus I
5
              30011 Basic Probability and Statistics
3
PHY      13001
              13002
General College Physics I, II
10
Choose from:
GEOL   43040
              41025

Principles of Geochemistry (3)
General Geophysics (3)
 3
Choose from:
MATH 12003
              21001

Analytic Geom. and Calculus II (5)
Linear Algebra (3)
3-5
Choose from:
BSCI    10110
             20560

Biological Diversity (4)
Invertebrate Zoology  (4)
4
Total Credits  
 85-87