Astrobiology Minor (Geology-Multidisciplinary)

Program Requirments

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The Earth and Environmental Sciences Department participates in a multidisciplinary minor in astrobiology for students majoring in geology or other disciplines. To complete this minor, students must take a minimum of 16 credits of course work in this field. These courses include ASTR 4510 and ISCI 4500, four credits each, and two semesters of the one-credit course ISCI 4510. A further two courses outside the major field of study are also required, selected from the following:

• BCBP 4860 - Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure

• ASTR 2050 - Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics Credit Hours: 4
• BCBP 4810 - Biological Spectroscopy Credit Hours: 4
• BIOL 4320 - Geomicrobiology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 4440 - Microbial Ecology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 4620 - Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 4
• BIOL 4760 - Molecular Biochemistry I Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 2250 - Organic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
• CHEM 4810 - Chemistry of the Environment Credit Hours: 4
• ENVE 2110 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Credit Hours: 4
• ERTH 4540 - Organic Geochemistry Credit Hours: 4

Additional Information

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The requirement that two selected courses must be outside of the major field of study is reduced to one in the case of a dual major, provided that both majors are in the primary relevant areas of study (i.e., biology, chemistry, geology, and physics).