Marine Geology Requirements

This option prepares students for graduate study in oceanography, geology, environmental science, or an allied field, as well as for immediate employment. Depending on their choice of electives, students also may fulfill the requirements of a major in geological sciences.

Graduation Requirements for the Major

• Students majoring in Marine Science must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0.
• All students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences must complete the SEBS Core Requirements, plus the additional Major requirements below.
• All students in the School of Arts and Sciences must complete the SAS Core Requirements, plus the additional Major requirements below.
• Professional Ethics: Ethical issues in marine sciences are addressed throughout the program in both introductory and advanced courses, especially within the framework of the experience-based educational requirement.

SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)

Contemporary Challenges (6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]

Experience-Based Education (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EBE]

Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]

Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]

Social Analysis (6 credits) SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory analysis [SCL]

Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]

Writing and Communication (6 credits) Students must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that fulfills the learning goal, communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].

Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]

Major Requirements For All Students Regardless of Matriculation Date

REQUIRED COURSES (12)

Professional Ethics

Ethical issues in marine sciences are addressed throughout the program in both introductory and advanced courses, especially within the framework of the experience-based education requirement.

01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)

11:628:120  Introduction to Oceanography (3)

11:628:320  Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (3)

11:628:363  Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis: Biol/Chem (3) OR 11:628:364  Oceanographic Methods and Data Analysis: Biol/Physical (3)

Marine Geology (71-74)

Required Courses (59)
01:119:115-116  General Biology I&II (4+4)

01:119:117  Biological Research Lab (2)

01:160:161-162  General Chemistry I&II (4+4)

01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

01:460:101 Intro Geology (3)

01:460:330 Sedimentary Geology (4)

01:460:451 Marine Geology (3)

01:750:203-206 General Physics I+II and Lab I+II (4+4)

01:640:151-152  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences I&II (4+4)

01:750:203-204  General Physics I&II (3+3)

01:750:205-206  General Physics Laboratory I&II (1+1)

Experience-Based Education (6)

One of the following (3-4)
11:628:402  The Role of Polar Regions in the Earth System

11:628:451  Physical Oceanography (4)

11:628:461  Biology of Living in the Ocean: Water Column Ecosystems (3)

11:628:462  Biology of Living in the Ocean: Boundary Ecosystems (3)

11:628:472  Chemical Oceanography (3)

11:628:474  Coastal Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing World

One of the following (3-4)
01:450:321  Geographic Information System (3)

01:460:303  Paleontology (4)

01:460:304  Introduction to Geochemistry (4)

01:460:407  Structural Geology (4)

01:460:414  Hydrological Processes (3)

01:460:453  Paleoecology (3)

One of the following (3-4)

01:450:403  Advanced Physical Geography (3)

01:460:306  Introduction to Geophysics (4)

01:460:417  Environmental Geochemistry (3)

11:628:476  History of the Earth Systems (3)

11:670:451  Remote Sensing of the Ocean & Atmosphere (3)