Indiana University of Pennsylvania

1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science-Environmental Geoscience


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


Total Degree Requirements: 124
(1) Students who plan to pursue an advanced degree in environmental geoscience are strongly advised to take the physics sequence as their controlled electives.
(2) Intermediate-level Foreign Language may be included in Liberal Studies electives.
(3) Six credits of computer languages may be used to meet foreign language requirement: CO220, CO310, or other higher-level CO courses with departmental permission in consultation with the Computer Science Department.
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