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Rensselaer Catalog 2013-2014 [Archived Catalog]

Geology

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The program shown below requires a total of 124 credit hours. The program leads to a B.S. in Geology.

First Year

Fall

HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

CHEM 1100 - Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 1100 - Geology I: Earth’s Interior Credit Hours: 4
MATH 1010 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4

Spring

HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

CHEM 1200 - Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 1200 - Geology II: Earth’s Surface Credit Hours: 4
MATH 1020 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 4

Second Year

Fall

HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

ERTH 2330 - Earth Materials Credit Hours: 4
MATH 2010 - Multivariable Calculus and Matrix Algebra Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 below)
PHYS 1100 - Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Spring

Biology Requirement Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 1 below)
HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

ERTH 2140 - Introduction to Geochemistry Credit Hours: 4
PHYS 1200 - Physics II Credit Hours: 4

Third Year

Fall

HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4
Elective Credit Hours: 2-4

ERTH 2120 - Structural Geology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 2210 - Field Methods Credit Hours: 3
ERTH 4070 - Sedimentology/Stratigraphy Credit Hours: 4

Spring

Elective Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4xxx - Electives: 4
HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

ERTH 2100 - Introduction to Geophysics Credit Hours: 4

Fourth Year

Fall

Free Electives Credit Hours: 8
ERTH Electives Credit Hours: 8

Spring

Culminating Experience Credit Hours: 3-4
Electives Credit Hours: 10-11

ERTH 4970 - Out-of-Classroom Experience in Earth Sciences Credit Hours: 2 to 4
or
ERTH 4980 - Undergraduate Researh Thesis Credit Hours: 2 to 4

Geology Group Options (Two courses from the following group)

ERTH 4070 - Sedimentology/Stratigraphy Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4190 - Environmental Measurements Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4340 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4500 - Earth’s Climate: Past, Present and Future Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4540 - Organic Geochemistry Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4650 - Seismology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4690 - Aqueous Geochemistry Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4710 - Groundwater Hydrology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4750 - Geographic Information Systems in the Sciences Credit Hours: 4

Culminating Experience

ERTH 4970 - Out-of-Classroom Experience in Earth Sciences Credit Hours: 2 to 4
ERTH 4980 - Undergraduate Researh Thesis Credit Hours: 2 to 4
Undergraduate Research Program

Electives

The following are recommended as electives for the geology curriculum:

BIOL 4850 - Principles of Ecology Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 4410 - Macroscopic Physical Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CIVL 2630 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering Credit Hours: 4
CIVL 4150 - Experimental Soil Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
ENVE 4310 - Applied Hydrology and Hydraulics Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4200 - Applied Micropaleontology Credit Hours: 4
MATH 2400 - Introduction to Differential Equations Credit Hours: 4
MATH 4600 - Advanced Calculus Credit Hours: 4
MATH 4700 - Foundations of Applied Mathematics Credit Hours: 4
MATH 4800 - Numerical Computing Credit Hours: 4
MATH 4820 - Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations Credit Hours: 4
MTLE 2020 - Introduction to Ceramic Materials Credit Hours: 3
MTLE 4100 - Thermodynamics of Materials Credit Hours: 4

Footnotes

Biology Requirement: BIOL 1010 if taken in the second year, but may be BIOL 4320 if taken in the third or fourth year.
With permission of the Department Head, a student may select another Math course (Course numbers MATH xxxx, MATP xxxx, or courses cross-listed with these numbers).