Program: Geosciences, B.S., Geology Concentration - Georgia State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 22, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Geology Concentration Courses (39 Hours)

Required course to Fulfill CTW Requirement (3 Hours)

GEOL 4830 - Senior Seminar CTW 3 Credit Hours

Required courses (17 Hours)

GEOL 3000 - Foundations in Geosciences: Skills, Careers, and Navigating the Major 1 Credit Hours
GEOL 4006 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy CTW 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4013 - Structural Geology 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4015 - Mineralogy 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4016 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 4 Credit Hours

Field Courses in Geology or Other Approved Field and/or Skills-based Courses (6-8 Hours)

GEOL 4120 - Basic Field Methods in Geology 3 to 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4121 - Applied Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences 3 to 4 Credit Hours

Remaining Geology or Geography Courses Selected in Consultation with Advisor, Such As

GEOG 4050 - Natural Environments of Georgia 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4051 - Introduction to the Environmental History of Georgia 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4510 - Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualization 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4550 - Field School in the Geosciences 3 to 9 Credit Hours
or
GEOL 4550 - Field School in the Geosciences 3 to 9 Credit Hours
GEOG 4530 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4532 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4640 - Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4650 - Surface Water Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4680 - Oceanography & Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4002 - Hydrogeology 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4003 - Principles and Applications of Environmental Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4004 - Advanced Environmental Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4005 - Geology of Georgia 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4008 - Rock Fracture and Fluid Flow 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4010 - Groundwater Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4011 - Principles of Paleontology 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4017 - Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4018 - Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4042 - Environmental Instrumentations I: Aqueous Media 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4043 - Environmental Analytical Methods and Instrumentations II: Solid Media 4 Credit Hours
GEOL 4075 - Fundamentals of Soils 3 Credit Hours
GEOL 4123 - Geoinformatics 3 Credit Hours