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B.S. in Environmental Sciences - Geosciences Track
Example Plan of Study *

  Fall Semester Hours   Spring Semester Hours
FIRST YEAR
 Principles of Chemistry I 4:11 4  Principles of Chemistry II 4:12 4
 Rhetoric
4
 Rhetoric
4
 Intro. Geology 12:005 3  Intro. Env. Sci. 159:008 4
 Calculus I 22M:025 4-5  Calculus II 22M:026 4-5
SECOND YEAR
 Foundations of Biology 2:31 4  Petrology 12:052 4
 Mineralogy 12:041 4  Foreign Language II 3-4
 Foreign Language I 3-4  Diversity of Form and Function 2:32 4
 Statistics requirement 3  Geocomp. 159:153 or Found. of GIS 44:05 3
 Environmental Seminar I 159:100:A01 0  Geologic Field Methods 12:112 (Sp/Sum. Inter.) 2
THIRD YEAR
 Physics 029:008 4  GE course 3
 Ecology 159:134 3  Foreign Language IV 3-4
 Foreign Language III 3-4  Policy course 3
 Structural Geology 12:092 4  Environmental Geosciences Elective 3
 Environmental Seminar II 159:100:A02 1  Environmental Geosciences Elective 3
 - -  Field Methods in Hydrologic Science 12:168 3
FOURTH YEAR
 GE course 3  Environmental Geosciences Elective 3-4
 Soil Genesis and Geomorphology 12:136 3  Literature 08G:001 3
 Remote Sensing 159:110 4  GE courses 6
 Engineering Geology 12:179 3  Remote Sensing 159:110 4

* for the well-prepared student

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