Degree Requirements for Geosciences - Environmental Science Emphasis

Freshman Year
CLASS	TITLE	CREDIT
CHEM 105	College Chemistry I	4
CHEM 108*	College Chemistry II	4
ENGL 111 1	Intro to College Comp	3
ENGL 112*	Comp & Research	3
GEOL 105	Physical Geology	3
GEOL 107	Intro Environmental Science	4
MATH (need 2)		6-8
107	College Algebra
109*	Trigonometry
120*	Calculus I
209*	Calculus II
300*	Principles of Statistics
350*	Principles of Biostatistics
HLTH 101	Wellness for Life	2
or Activity P Ed
V&PA or S&BS	see list below	3
		32-34

*Denotes course with pre-requisites

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 he/she 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 Rules.

 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: 3 hours of social and behavioral sciences 5,7 from SOC 101, 201, 303; PSY 101; 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
GEOL 300*	Crystallography & Mineralogy	4
E S 220	GIS for the Sciences	3
ENGL (need 1)	210*, 220*, 240*, 250* (literature course)	3
BIOL 120/121	Biology I and II	8
HYDR 110 2	Intro to Hydrology	3
POLS 201	American Government	3
POLS 202	Texas Government	3
Advanced CHEM or GEOL	see back page	3
		30

2 HYDR 110 offered in Fall

Junior and Senior Years
CLASS	TITLE	CREDIT
AGRN 301	Soils	4
AGRN (need1)		3-4
310	Soil Morphology
427	Environmental Soils
BIOL 401	Ecology	4
BIOL 441	Limnology	4
CHEM (need 1)		4
201	Organic Chemistry I
307	Quantitative Analysis
408	Instrumental Analysis
COMS (need 1)		3
101	Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
102	Public Speaking
301	Business & Professional Speech
E S 350 (b)	Environmental Science	3
E S 413 (b)	Environmental Techniques	3
E S 330 (b)	Meteorology	3
E S 340 (a)	Oceanography	3
GEOL 314 (b)	Geochemistry	3
GEOL 405 (a)	Field Geology	3
GEOL (need 3)		9-10
310	Geomorphology
313	Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
320	Hydrogeology
412	Subsurface Methods
HIST 201	US History through 1877	3
HIST 202	US History since Reconstruction	3
V&PA or S&BS	see list above	3
		58-60 120-124 total

* Denotes class with prerequisites

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 08-SP 09) academic years
(b) courses for odd-even (e.g. FA 09-SP 10) academic years.