Bachelor of Arts in Geology
Major in Geology (B.A.)
- Four credits from the following:
- GEOL 110 Geology of the National Parks (4 credits)
- GEOL 111 Introductory Physical Geology (4 credits)
- GEOL 113 The Earth’s Record of Climate (4 credits)
- GEOL 114 The Science of Natural Disasters (4 credits)
- GEOL 115 Environmental Geology (4 credits)
- Plus:
- GEOL 211 Earth Materials (4 credits)
or GEOL 310 Environmental Geochemistry (4 credits) - GEOL 260 Regional Geology and Field Methods (4 credits)
- GEOL 320 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 credits)
- GEOL 340 Fundamentals of the Lithosphere I (Petrology) (4 credits)
- GEOL 360 Fundamentals of the Lithosphere II (Structural Geology) (4 credits)
- GEOL 430 Advanced Earth History (4 credits)
- GEOL 211 Earth Materials (4 credits)
- Plus twelve credits from the following (four credits of which must be at the 400-level):
- GEOL 130 Earth History (4 credits)
- GEOL 211 Earth Materials (if not chosen above) (4 credits)
- GEOL 220 Oceanography (4 credits)
- GEOL 252 Earth Surface Processes and Geomorphology (4 credits)
- GEOL 310 Environmental Geochemistry (4 credits) (if not chosen above)
- GEOL 410 Hydrogeology (4 credits)
- GEOL 460 Advanced Field Methods (4 credits)
- GEOL 494 Research (4 credits)
Note: GEOG 321 Geographic Information Systems and geology courses offered at Macalester College may fulfill one of these courses with permission of chair
- Allied requirements
- MATH 113 Calculus I (4 credits)
or - MATH 108 Calculus with Review I (4 credits)
and MATH 109 Calculus with Review II (4 credits)
- MATH 113 Calculus I (4 credits)
- Plus one of the following sequences:
- CHEM 111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
and CHEM 112 General Chemistry II (4 credits) - PHYS 111 Introduction to Classical Physics I (4 credits)
and PHYS 112 Introduction to Classical Physics II (4 credits) - CHEM 111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
and PHYS 111 Introduction to Classical Physics I (4 credits)
- CHEM 111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
- For students wishing to pursue careers in paleontology, geobiology, or geomicrobiology:
- BIOL 201 Diversity and Adaptation (4 credits) and BIOL 202 Genetics and Population (4 credits)
Biology may be substituted for one of the CHEM/PHYS sequences with permission of chair
- BIOL 201 Diversity and Adaptation (4 credits) and BIOL 202 Genetics and Population (4 credits)
- Strongly recommended for students considering graduate study:
- Additional courses in the allied sciences and mathematics
