Earth
Sciences Minor (16 cr)
A sequence of courses designed to give students a general background
in the many facets of Geology and Earth Sciences.
NO MORE THAN 6 CREDITS AT THE 2000 LEVEL CAN BE USED TOWARDS THE MINOR.
Required Courses:
GE2000 - Understanding the Earth - 3
OR
GE2100 - Environmental Geology - 3
Elective Courses:
GE2000 - Understanding the Earth - 3
GE2100 - Environmental Geology - 3
GE2300 - Earth Materials I: Mineralogy - 3
GE2310 - Earth Materials II: Rocks and Minerals Res. - 3
GE2500 - Introduction to Oceanography - 3
GE2640 - Atmospheric Observ/Meteorology - 3
GE2900 - Geology of Utah's National Parks - 3
GE3050 - Structural Geology - 4
GE3100 - Depositional Systems - 3
GE3200 - Geochemistry - 3
GE3320 - Earth History
GE3915 - Intro to Field Geology - 3
GE3920 - Geological Field Excursion - 3
GE4100 - Geomorphology & Glacial Geology - 4
GE4150 - Natural Hazards - 3
GE4500 - Plate Tectonics & Global Geophysics - 3
GE4750 - Structural Evaluation of Petroleum Prospects - 3
GE4760 - Engineering Evaluation of Mineral Deposits - 3
*GE
2000 is a prerequisite for a number of elective courses. GE 2000
or GE 2100, if not taken as a required course, can be taken as an
elective.
The courses listed in this minor have the following
prerequisites (shown in
parenthesis):
GE2310 (GE2000 or GE2200), GE2350 (GE2000 or GE2200), GE3000 (GE2350),
GE3100 ((GE2000 or GE2200) and GE2310), GE3200 (CH1100 or CH1110),
GE3320 (GE2000 or GE2100 or GE2200), GE3915 ((GE2000 or GE2200)
and GE2310 and GE2350), GE4100 (GE2000 or GE2200), GE4150 ((GE2000
or GE2100 or GE2200) and UN2002), GE4300 (GE2300 and GE2310), GE4400
(GE3040 and PH2200), GE4410 (GE3040 and PH2200), GE4500 ((MA3150
or
MA3160) and PH2200 and (GE2000 or GE2200)), GE4750 (GE3000), GE4760
(GE2310 and GE3000)
Modified on January 7, 2009
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Department of Geological & Mining Engineering
& Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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