Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science Geosciences
Freshman Year
BIOL 1201 (Introduction to Arts and Sciences)
ENGL 1301 (Rhetoric and Composition)
GEOL 1303 (Physical Geology)
GEOL 1103 (Physical Geology Laboratory)
MATH 2413
Visual/performing arts
2
3
3
1
4
3
 

CHEM 1311 (General Inorganic Chemistry I)
CHEM 1111 (General Inorganic Chemistry I Lab)
ENGL 1302 (Rhetoric and Composition)
GEOL 1302 / 1102
GEOL 1304 (Historical Geology)
GEOL 1104 (Historical Geology Laboratory)

 

3
1
3

4
3
1
 
  16   15
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
Social Behavioral
 
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
  16   16
Junior Year
GEOG 3421
GEOG 3450 (Senior Research Project)
Minor+
Minor+
4
4
3
3

GEOG 3305 (Environmental Geography)
GEOL 3431 (Stratigraphy and Sedimentology)
GEOL 3445
Minor+

3
4
4
3
Elective
 
14 GEOL 3409 (Mineralogy)
GEOL 3411 (Petrology)
14
Senior Year
GEOG 4425 (Geographic Information Systems)
GEOL / GEOG, adv.
Minor +
Minor, adv. +
4
4
3
3

GEOG 4435 (Remote Sensing)
GEOL 4405 (Senior Research Project)
GEOL 4425
Minor, Adv +
 

4
4
4
3
  14   15
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.

This plan became effective Fall 2009

This page was last updated on: June 20, 2012