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Rensselaer Catalog 2014-2015 [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 1 below)
PHYS 1100 - Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Spring

Biology Requirement Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 2 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: 5

ERTH 2120 - Structural Geology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 2210 - Field Methods Credit Hours: 3

Spring

Elective Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4xxx selected from the ERTH Electives: (4 credits)
HASS Elective Credit Hours: 4

ERTH 2100 - Introduction to Geophysics Credit Hours: 4

Fourth Year

Fall

Electives Credit Hours: 12
ERTH Electives Credit Hours: 4

Spring

Culminating Experience Credit Hours: 3-4
(See footnote 3)
Electives Credit Hours: 7-8 credits

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 Electives (The following are recommended as ERTH electives for the geology curriculum-choose 2 courses from the following):

ERTH 4070 - Sedimentology/Stratigraphy Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4190 - Environmental Measurements Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4200 - Applied Micropaleontology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4340 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credit Hours: 4
ERTH 4350 - Data Science Credit Hours: 3
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

Undergraduate Research Program

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

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

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).
BIOL 1010 or an approved alternate life sciences course.
Culminating Experience (one of the following)
-ERTH 4970 - Out-of-Classroom Experience in Earth Sciences Credit Hours: 3 to 4
-ERTH 4980 - Undergraduate Research Thesis Credit Hours: 3 to 4
-Undergraduate Research Program Credit Hours 3 to 4

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