
1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section 56-57 with the following specifications: Mathematics: MA123 Natural Science: CH111/CH112 or CH113/CH114 Liberal Studies electives: MA124, no courses with GS prefix Major: 27 Required courses: GS121 Physical Geology 3sh GS122 Physical Geology Laboratory 1sh GS131 Historical Geology 3sh GS132 Historical Geology Laboratory 1sh GS310 Environmental Geology 3sh GS321 Mineralogy 3sh GS322 Igneous and Metamorphic 3sh GS325 Structural Geology 3sh GS331 Hydrogeology 3sh GS332 Geochemistry 3sh GS480 Geoscience Seminar 1sh Other Requirements: 15 Biology sequence: BI111 Principles of Biology 4sh BI250 Principles of Microbiology 3sh Chemistry sequence: CH231 Organic Chemistry 4sh CH323 Analytical Methods 4sh Controlled electives: 8-9 BI112 Principles of Biology II 4sh BI272 Conservation of Plant/Animal Resources 3sh BI321 Environmental Protection I 3sh BI362 Ecology 3sh CH322 Instrumental Analysis 4sh CH341 Physical Chemistry I 4sh CO110 Problem Solving and Structured Programming 3sh CO220 Applied Computer Programming 3sh CO250 Introduction to Numeric Methods 3sh CO310 Data Structures 3sh GE314 Map and Photograph Interpretation 3sh GE415 Remote Sensing 3sh GS326 Field Geology 3sh GS327 Geomorphology 3sh GS411 Sedimentary Petrology 3sh GS432 Coal Geology 3sh GS440 Subsurface Geology 3sh PY111/PY121 Physics I Lecture and Lab 4sh (1) PY112/PY122 Physics II Lecture and Lab 4sh Foreign Language Intermediate Level (2,3) 0-6sh Free Electives: 10-18(1) Students who plan to pursue an advanced degree in environmental geoscience are strongly advised to take the physics sequence as their controlled electives.
Total Degree Requirements: 124