Geosciences Degree 4-Year Plan
The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your BS in Geosciences with Geoarchaeology emphasis degree in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the Geosciences degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).
- Program: Bachelor of Science: Geosciences with Geoarchaeology Emphasis
- Total Credits: 120
- Catalog: 2024-2025
First Year
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (1st Fall) | |||
| Program Requirement: LASC Goal 3 | GEOS 115/115L | Physical Geology with Lab | 4 |
| Related Requirement: LASC Goal 3 | Recommended BIOL 115/305, CHEM 150, PHYS 160/200 | 4 | |
| First-Year Experience Course | FYE 101 | First Year Experience | 1 |
| LASC Goal 1A | COMM 100 | Speech Communication | 3 |
| Program Requirement: LASC Goal 5 | ANTH 115 | Intro to Archaeology | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
| Spring (1st Spring) | |||
| Program Requirement: LASC Goal 3 | GEOS 117/117L | Water, Land and People w/Lab | 4 |
| Related Requirement: | Recommended BIOL 115/305, CHEM 150, PHYS 160/200 | 4 | |
| Restricted Elective: | GEOS 210 | Cartography *Recommended | 3 |
| LASC Goal | 3 | ||
| LASC Goal 1B | ENGL 101 | English Composition | 3 |
| Total Credits: 17 | |||
Second Year
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (2nd Fall) | |||
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 302 | Mineralogy with Lab | 3 |
| Program Requirement: | ANTH 300 | Archaeology | 3 |
| Related Requirement: | GEOS 207 | GPS Field Techniques *Recommended | 3 |
| Related Requirement: LASC Goal 4 | MATH 261 | Calculus I | 3 |
| LASC Goal 8 | SUST 421 | Systems Thinking *Recommended | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
| Spring (2nd Spring) | |||
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 303 | Petrology with Lab | 3 |
| Restricted Elective: | GEOS 205 | Thinking Spatially *Recommended | 3 |
| Related Requirement: LASC Goal 3 | CHEM 210 | General Chemistry II w/Lab *Recommended | 3 |
| LASC Goal 10 | BIOL 346 | An Ecological Perspective *Recommended | 3 |
| LASC Goal 2 | SUST 200 | Nature of Sustainability *Recommended | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
Third Year
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (3rd Fall) | |||
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 301 | Archaeological and Prospection | 3 |
| Program Requirement: WI for major | GEOS 315 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 3 |
| Related Requirement: | Recommend BIOL 115/305, CHEM 150, PHYS 160/200 | 3 | |
| LASC Goal | 3 | ||
| LASC Goal | 3 | ||
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
| Spring (3rd Spring) | |||
| Restricted Elective: | GEOS 340 | Economic and Environmental Geology *Recommended | 3 |
| Restricted Elective: | GEOS 416 | Paleontology *Recommended | 3 |
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 307 | Introduction to GIS | 3 |
| Related Requirement: | BIOL 275 | Quantitative Biology *Recommended sub for stats | 3 |
| LASC Goal/WI | 3 | ||
| Total Credits: 15 | |||
Fourth
| Curriculum | Course | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (4th Fall) | |||
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 415 | Reading Geochemical Fingerprints | 3 |
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 492 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| Program Requirement: | GEOS 350 | Geoarchaeology | 3 |
| LASC Goal/WI | 3 | ||
| General Elective/Minor Course: | 3 | ||
| Total Credits: 13 | |||
| Spring (4th Spring) | |||
| Restricted Elective: | GEOS 370 | Structural Geology and Mapping *Recommended | 3 |
| General Elective/Minor Course: | 3 | ||
| General Elective/Minor Course: | 3 | ||
| Summer Field Camp: *Approved summer for 3rd or 4th year 3-6 credits | GEOS 455/ ANTH 450 | Field Methods-Work in Geoarchaeology/Anthropology | 6 |
| Total Credits: 15 | |||