University of Southern Indiana - Department of Geology Advisement Form Name:__________________________________ Advisor:____________________ Current Geology Major Requirements for 2011-2013 catalog. The course catalog for each geology student is the catalog at the time that you declare as a major. You may update to a newer catalog during your academic progress. The information below is current for the 2007-2009 catalog. The Geology program requires students obtain a letter grade of C or better in all Required Geology Courses. In the event of a poor or failing grade (D or F), you will not be allowed to progress to the next course in the major until a satisifactory grade (C or higher) has been earned. 35 hours of Required Geology course work 9 hours of Elective Geology course work 21 - 24 hours of required supporting science course work 52 hours of University Core Curriculum corse work 5 - 7 hours of open elective course work Must complete 39 credit hours of 300-400 level course work Total minimum credit hours for graduation = 124 Required Geology Courses for Geology Major Course Crdt Hrs Semester Grade GEOL 161 - Physical Geology or 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 151 - Physical Geology of America's National Parks 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 162 - Historical Geology 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL261 - Advanced Physical Geology 3 _____________ _____________ GEOL 301 - Mineralogy 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 302 - Ig & Met Petrology 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 315 - Paleontology 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 316 - Sed. & Strat. 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 345 - Structural Geology 4 _____________ _____________ GEOL 481 - Adv. Environmental Geology 4 _____________ _____________ Geology Electives Course Title Crdt Hrs Semester Grade Geology Elective 1 __________________________ _____ _____________ _____________ Geology Elective 2 __________________________ _____ _____________ _____________ Geology Elective 3 __________________________ _____ _____________ _____________ Required Supporting Courses for Geology Major Course Crdt Hrs Semester Grade CHEM 261 - General Chemistry I 4 _____________ _____________ CHEM 262 - General Chemistry II 4 _____________ _____________ MATH 230 - Calculus I 4 _____________ _____________ PHYS 175 - General or Intermed. Physics I 4 / 5 _____________ _____________ PHYS 176 - General or Intermed. Physics II 4 / 5 _____________ _____________ Science Elective 1 see list on third page 3 / 4 _____________ _____________

University of Southern Indiana - Department of Geology Advisement Form Name:__________________________________ Advisor:________________ Category Courses Semester Grade Total Credit Hours Required Credit hours Earned A-1 Composition/ Speech ENG 101 & ENG 201 & SPCH 101 or SPCH 107 __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 9 __________ __________ __________ __________ A-2 Mathematics Satisfied in Major- MATH 230 __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 3 to 4 __________ __________ __________ __________ B-1 Ethics ENG 222 or PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 or PHIL 363 __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 3 __________ __________ __________ __________ B-2 Arts ART 201; 353: MUS 202: SPCH 203 THTR 121: ENG 105; 251; 252; 261; 262; 282; 283; 285; 330; 382; __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ 3 __________ __________ __________ B-3 Health and Fitness PED 186; 281 or BIOL 276 and PED 100-level or PED 295 __________ __________ _________ _________ 2 __________ __________ C-1 History ANY history course __________ __________ _________ _________ 3 __________ __________ C-2 Individual Development / Social Behavior ANTH 121; 131 or EDUC 302: PSY 201: ECON 175; 208; 209: POLS 101; 102: SOC 121; 225; 231; 235; 251; 261 __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 6 __________ __________ __________ __________ C-3 Science Satisfied in Major- CHEM, PHYS, BIOL, electives __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 8 to 9 __________ __________ __________ __________ C-4 Western Culture One of HUM 211; 221; 231; 241; and one of HUM 212; 222; 232; 242 or GERM, FREN, SPAN 203 and 204 __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 6 __________ __________ __________ __________ C-5 Global Communities ANTH 251;253; 262 ART 253: BIOL 251: ECON 241: ENG 386: Foreign LANG 102: GEOG 330: HP 435 __________ __________ __________ _________ _________ _________ 3 __________ __________ __________ D Synthesis Satisfied in major GEOL 481 __________ _________ 3 __________

Anthropology 261 Intro to Archaeology 262 Archaeology of North America 353 Human Origins	Physics 271 General Astronomy 361 Modern Physics 371 Analytical Mechanics 439 Thermodynamics 471 Observational Astronomy
Biology 151 Botany and Cellular Biology 152 Zoology 305 Aquatic Biology 308 Vertebrate Biology 321 Invertebrate Biology 334 Cell Biology 451 General Ecology 481 Organic Evolution	Mathematics 241 Statistics 323 College Geometry 330 Calculus II 335 Calculus III 353 Discrete Mathematics 413 Linear Alegbra
Chemistry 253 Organic Chemistry I 254 Organic Chemistry II 321 Quantitative Analysis 341 Environmental Chemistry 421 Instrumental Methods of Analysis I 422 Instrumental Methods of Analysis II 461 Physical Chemistry I 462 Physical Chemistry II	Civil Engineering 221 Surveying 281 Elementary Soil Mechanics Engineering Technology 241 Statics 321 Dynamics
Geography 214 Meteorology 215 Climatology	Computer Science 161 Computer Science I 221 Programming in C 261 Computer Science II
Irregularly Offered Geology Electives 341 Hydrology 351 Field Methods in Geology 414 Petroleum Geology 415 Coal Geology 421 Intro to Geophysics 435 Strength of Materials 465 Intro to GIS 468 Oceanography 475 Remote Sensing	Regularly Offered Geology Electives 390 Geological Field Excursion 402 Volcanology 407 Geomorphology 411 Geology of Soils 441 Hydrogeology 445 Plate Tectonics 455 Global Quaternary Environmental Change 490 Independent Research 499 Seminar in Geology 699 Geological Field Camp

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