B.S. Major in Earth Science at ESU

Requirements for the B.S. major in Earth Science are given below as a general guide for students and advisors. This plan was revised in Jan. '99 and is abbreviated from the official major program in the ESU undergraduate catalog.

I. General education including ES 110/111 Intro to Earth Science/Lab.

II. Required ES, GO, and CH courses (33 hours):

GO 240 Hand Specimen Petrology (2)
ES 319 Meteorology or ES 365 World Regional Climatology (3)
GO 325 Earth History (3)
GO 326 Plate Tectonics (3)
GO 336 Mineralogy (4)
ES 351 Introduction to Geospatial Analysis (3)
GO 547 Field Geology (5)
CH 123/124 Chemistry I/Lab (5)
CH 126/127 Chemistry II/Lab (5)

III. Elective ES or GO courses (20 hours). Selected electives include:

ES 254 Physical Geography (3)
ES 319 Meteorology (3)
ES 331 Ice Age Environments (3)
GO 333 Environmental Geology (3)
GO 340 Gemstones and Geomology (3)
ES 365 World Regional Climatology (3)
ES 439 Independent Study in Earth Science (1-4)
ES 475 Senior Thesis

ES 518 Space Science (3)
GO 536 Optical Mineralogy (3)
ES 545 Geomorphology (3)
ES 546 Field Geomorphology (2)
GO 548 Field Stratigraphy (2)
ES 551 Computer Mapping Systems (3)
ES 555 Small Format Aerial Photography (3)
ES 567 Topics in Earth Science (1-4)
GO 568 Structural Geology (3)
GO 569 Invertebrate Paleontology (3)
GO 570 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy (3)
GO 571 Geohydrology (3)

ES 703 Seminar in Physical Geography (1-3)
GO 766 Petrology and Petrography (4)
ES 767 Topics in Earth Science (1-4)
ES 769 Vertebrate Paleontology (3)
ES 771 Remote Sensing (4)
ES 775 Advanced Image Processing (3)

IV. Elective courses in allied sciences of biology, chemistry, computer science, geography, mathematics, physics, or physical sciences (10 hours). Specific courses must be approved upon consultation with student's advisor. This requirement may be satisfied by completing either a minor approved by the student's advisor or a second major in any other field.

For more complete information and official requirements for the B.S. major in Earth Science, consult the Emporia State University undergraduate catalog. Effective for fall 1999 matriculants.

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For more information about the Earth Science program, contact:
J.S. Aber, e-mail: jaber@emporia.edu.
Last update: June 2006