Earth Science

Freshman Year
CLASS	TITLE	CREDIT
CHEM 105	College Chemistry I	4
CHEM 108	College Chemistry II	4
ENGL 111	Intro to College Comp	3
ENGL 112	Comp & Research	3
GEOL 105	Physical Geology	3
GEOL 106	Historical Geology	4
MATH (need 2)	College Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Calculus I, Calculus II, Statistics, Biostatistics	6-8
MATH 118/120*	Precalculus/ Calculus I
HLTH 101	Wellness for Life	2
or Activity P Ed
V&PA or S&BS 1	see list below	3
	Total	32-34

1 English: Students will be placed into English courses in accordance with the University’s Placement and Continuing Enrollment Rules. Students must enroll in English during their first semester at Tarleton. Following initial English enrollment, students must enroll in English every regular semester thereafter until s/he has successfully completed the freshman-level English sequence [i.e., ENGL 111 and 112].

Mathematics: Students will be placed into mathematics courses in accordance with the University’s Placement and Continuing Enrollment Rules. Students must enroll in mathematics during their first semester at Tarleton unless they are eligible for placement into college-level mathematics [MATH 107 or higher]. Students eligible for placement into college-level mathematics may choose to postpone initial mathematics enrollment until their second regular semester at Tarleton. Following initial mathematics enrollment, students must enroll in mathematics every regular semester thereafter until the freshman mathematics core curriculum requirement has been satisfied.

V&PA: 3 hours of visual and performing arts. These core curriculum requirements may not be selected from the student’s major field. Visual and performing arts course must be historical, appreciative, or theoretical in nature; it may not be an applied or performance course. Courses that meet this requirement are ART 131, 231, 232, 331; FA 101, 135, 160, 401; IT 340; MUSC 213, 313, 324, 326, 327, 328, THEA 105, 207, 208, 404.

S&BS: 6 hours of social and behavioral sciences 5,7 from SOC 101, 201, 303; PSY 101; PHIL 201, 301; ECO 101, 201; A EC 105; ARCH 201; ENGR 303; GEO 110, 120, 201; HIST 101, 102. These core curriculum requirements may not be selected from the student’s major field. The two courses to fulfill this requirement must be chosen from different academic disciplines.

Sophmore Year
CLASS	TITLE	CREDIT
BIOL 120	General Biology	4
BIOL 121	General Biology	4
ENGL (need 1)	210, 220, 240, 250	3
E S 220	GIS for the Sciences	3
GEOL 107	Environmental Science	4
GEOL 300*	Crystallography & Mineralogy	4
HYDR 110 2	Intro to Hydrology	3
POLS 201*	American National Gov’t	3
POLS 202*	Texas Government	3
	Total	31

Junior and Senior Years
CLASS	TITLE	CREDIT
AGRN 301	Soils	4
COMS (need 1) 101 or 102 or 301	Fundamentals Of Speech Communication Public Speaking Business & Professional Speech	3
E S 320* (b)	Astronomy	3
E S 330* (b)	Meteorology	3
E S 340* (a)	Oceanography	3
E S 350* (b)	Environmental Science	3
E S 413	Environmental Techniques	3
GEOL 310* (b)	Geomorphology	3
GEOL 405	Field Geology	3
GEOL 305* (a) 306* (a) 312* (a) 313* (b) 314* (b) 320* (a) 411* (b) 412* (b)	See below Paleontology Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology Structural Geology Stratigraphy & Sedimentology Geochemistry Hydrogeology Economic Geology Subsurface Methods	9 - 11
HIST 201	US History through 1877	3
HIST 202	US History since Reconstruction	3
V&PA or S&BS 1		3
Advanced Elective		11
	Total	54
	Total for Degree	120-122

Upper level GEOL and E S classes are typically offered on a two year rotation. Students should be aware of this and take classes as they are offered. (a) courses are typically offered even-odd (e.g. FA 06-SP 07) academic years and (b) courses for odd-even (e.g. FA 07-SP 08) academic years.