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Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

BA in Geology (2023 - 2024)

1st year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
ENGL 101 College English I 3 ENGL 102 College English II 3
MATH 112 Pre-calculus Math 5 COMM 111 Public Speaking 3
GEOL 102 Earth Sci and the Envir Or GEOL 111 General Geol 4 GEOL 302 Earth Space Sciences 3
Gen Ed Humanities 1 2 3 Gen Ed S&B Science 1 2 3
Open Elective 1
Fall Total Hours 15 Spring Total Hours 13

Total hours for 1st year: 28

2nd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEOL 312 Historical Geology 4 STAT 370 Elementary Statistics 3
GEOL 522 Sediment and Strat 4 Beginning World Language I 5
CHEM 103 Intro Chemistry or CHEM 211 Gen Chem I 5 Gen Ed Humanities 1 3
Gen Ed Humanities 1 3 Gen Ed S&B Science 1 3
Open Elective 1
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 15

Total hours for 2nd year: 31

3rd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEOL 320 Min and Optical Min 4 GEOL 544 Structural Geology 3
BIOL 106/107 Human Org/Lab or BIOL 210 General Biology I 4 Geology elective 3
Beginning World Language II 5 PHYS 111 Intro Physics (if not taken in high school) 4
Gen Ed Humanities (300+) 3 Intermediate World Language 5
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 15

Total hours for 3rd year: 31

4th year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
Geology elective 3 Geology Capstone Course 3
Gen Ed S&B Science (300+) 3 Gen Ed Natural Science (300+) 3
LAS Elective (300+) 3 Gen Ed S&B Science 3
Elective (300+) 3 Open Elective 3
Gen Ed Fine Arts 3 Open Elective 3
Fall Total Hours 15 Spring Total Hours 15

Total hours for 4th year: 30

Hours needed to complete the degree: 120

  1. Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requires all students to complete Literature and either U.S. History or American Politics
  2. One course must be a First-Year Seminar, if required.

Systemwide General Education (SGE) Key

  • 010 English
  • 020 Communications
  • 030 Math/Statistics
  • 040 Natural and Physical Science
  • 050 Social and Behavioral Science
  • 060 Arts and Humanities
  • 070 Institutionally Designated