B.A. Degree Option 5: Earth Science (41 hours)

Advisor: Joanna Wright

Required of all option 5 majors (21 hours)
Lower Division
ENVS 1042.Introduction to Environmental Sciences
ENVS 1342. Introduction to Environment and Society
OR
GEOG 1302. Introduction to Human Geography
GEOL 1072. Physical Geology: Surface Processes
GEOL 1082. Physical Geology: Internal Processes
Upper Division
GEOG 3080. Introduction to Cartography and Computer Mapping
GEOG 4335/5335. Contemporary Environmental Issues
OR
GEOG 3411. Globalization & Regional Development

Additional Requirements: Students enrolled in option 5 must complete six additional courses, including at least one course from each of the following subfields (20-21 hours):

A. Earth Science
GEOL 3011. Mineralogy
GEOL 3421. Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
GEOG 3232. Weather and Climate
OR
GEOL 3411. Introductory Paleontology
Plus, one of the following courses:
GEOG 3100. Evolution of Consciousness
GEOG 4240. Principles of Geomorphology
GEOL 1202. Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 3032. Geology of Colorado
GEOL 3102. Dinosaurs: Past and Present
GEOL 4460. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

B. Environmental Science (1 from list)
GEOG 4020. Earth Environments and Human Impacts
GEOG 4265/5265. Sustainability in Resource Management
GEOG 4010. Biogeochemical Cycles
PHYS/ENVS 3082. Energy and the Environment
ENVS 4030/5030. Environmental Geology

C. Techniques (1 from list)
GEOG 4060/5060. Remote Sensing I
GEOG 4080/5080. Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 4770. Applied Statistics for the Natural Sciences