Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science
Geosciences
Freshman Year
BIOL 1201 (Introduction to Arts and Sciences)
CHEM 1311 (General Inorganic Chemistry I)
CHEM 1111 (General Inorganic Chemistry I Lab)
ENGL 1301 (Rhetoric and Composition)
GEOL 1303 (Physical Geology)
GEOL 1103 (Physical Geology Laboratory)
MATH 1316* (Trigonometry)

2
3
1
3
3
1
3

ENGL 1302 (Rhetoric and Composition)
GEOL 1304 (Historical Geology)
GEOL 1104 (Historical Geology Laboratory)
MATH 1348(Analytic Geometry)
Visual/performing arts
Social Behavioral

3
3
1

3
3
3
  16   16
Sophomore Year
HIST 1301 (American History)
PHYS 1301** (College Physics I)
PHYS 1101** (College Physics I Lab)
POLS 2301 (Government and Politics of U.S.)
Literature/philosophy
Elective
3
3
1
3
3
3

GEOG 1301
GEOG 1101
HIST 1302 (American History)
POLS 2302 (Government and Politics of Texas)
Global Learning
Oral Communication
 

3
1
3
3
3
3
  15   16
Junior Year
GEOG 3421
GEOL 3409 (Mineralogy)
Minor+
Minor+
4
4
3
3

GEOG 3305 (Environmental Geography)
GEOL 3411 (Petrology)
GEOL 3431 (Stratigraphy and Sedimentology)
GEOL 3445

3
4
4
4
  14   15
Senior Year
GEOG 3450 (Senior Research Project)
GEOG 4425 (Geographic Information Systems)
Minor +
Minor +
4
4
3
3

GEOG 4435 (Remote Sensing)
GEOL 4405 (Senior Research Project)
Minor, Adv +
Minor, Adv +

4
4
3
3
  14   14
Total Hours: 120

* Or any more advanced MATH course

** Or PHYS 2325 and 2125,if MATH 2413 is included. Required for a Physics minor,recommended for those interested in geophysics

+ Or any other mathematics, natural science, engineering, or computer science course, provided a recognized minor is completed. Courses in other supporting areas may also be substituted with departmental approval. Non-advanced courses may be substituted for those marked "adv." provided the student will otherwise complete 45 advanced hours including those required in a minor.

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