Degree Requirements for Geosciences - Hydrogeology Emphasis

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].

2 HYDR 110 offered in Fall

3 If the student has Algebra and Trigonometry then credit will not be awarded for Pre-Calculus

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.

4  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 101,201, 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.

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.