Department of Geology & Geography
Environmental Geoscience Degree Requirements:
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Environmental Science BA Candidates must fulfill all University and College Requirements
BA Degrees require 3 hours of fine arts and 4 semesters of a foreign language |
Required Geology & Geography Courses (23 hours)
For course descriptions click here for geology courses or here for geography courses
Geol./Geog. 110, 111 (4hr): Environmental Geoscience (lecture and lab)
OR
Geol.101, 102 (4hr): Planet Earth (lecture and lab)
Geol.103, 104 (4hr): Earth Through Time (lecture and lab)
Geog.107, 106 (4hr): Physical Geography
Geol.200 (4hr): Geology for Environmental Scientists
Geog.307 (3hr): Biogeography
Geol.400W (4hr): Environmental Practicum
Elective Geology & Geography Courses (15 hours):
at least one course must be a methods course (#)
Geog.150 (3hr): Digital Earth
Geol.203 (3hr): Physical Oceanography
Geog.205 (3hr): Natural Resources
Geog.207 (3hr): Climate and Environment
Geog.300 (3hr): Geographical Data Analysis (#)
Geog.305 (3hr): Historical Geography of U.S. Environment
Geol./Geog.321 (3hr): Geomorphology
Geog.350 (4hr): Introduction to Geographical Information Science (#)
Geol.365 (3hr): Environmental Geology
Geog. 407 (3hr): Environmental Field Geography (#)
Geog.415 (3hr): Environmental Systems Geography (#)
Geol./Geog.452 (3hr): Geographical Information Science: Applications
Geog.453 (3hr): Geographical Information Science: Design & Implementation
Geol./Geog.455 (3hr): Introduction to Remote Sensing (#)
Geol.463 (3hr): Physical Hydrogeology or
Geol.493A (3hr): Introduction to Hydrogeology
Geol.484 (3hr): Minerals and the Environment
Geol.488 (3hr): Environmental Geochemistry
Geol. 493G (3hr) Rivers, Floods, Landslides
Required Courses outside the Department (14 hours):
| Chem.111 (4hr) and Chem.112 (4hr): Survey of Chemistry |
| OR |
| Chem.115 (4hr) and Chem.116 (4hr): Fundamentals of Chemistry |
| OR |
| Chem.111 and Physics 105 (4hr): Conceptual Physics |
| Math.126 (3hr): College Algebra |
| Math.128 (3hr): Plane Trigonometry |
| Non-Geology/Geography Electives (12 hours): |
| Ag.&Res.Econ.(ARE) 187 (3hr): Energy Resource Economics |
| Ag.&Res.Econ.(ARE) 220 (3hr): Intro. to Environmental and Resource Economics |
| Ag.&Res.Econ.(ARE) 382 (3hr): Agricultural and Natural Resource Law |
| Agrn. 202 and 203 (4hr): Principles of Soil Science (lecture and lab) |
| Agrn. 255 (3hr): Reclamation of Disturbed Soils |
| Chem.231 (4hr): Organic Chemistry: Brief Course |
| Biol. 101-104 (8hr): General Biology |
| OR |
| Biol.115 (4hr): Principles of Biology |
| OR |
| Biol.117 (4hr): Introductory Physiology |
| Biol.105 and 106 (4hr): Environmental Biology |
| Chem.231 (4hr): Organic Chemistry: Brief Course |
| Comp.Sci.101 (4hr): Introduction to Computer Applications |
| Comp.Sci.110 (4hr): Introduction to Computer Science |
| FMan.212 (3hr): Forest Ecology |
| Hist.284 (3hr): History of the Environmental Sciences |
| Math.155 (4hr): Calculus I |
| Math.150 (3hr): Introduction to Calculus |
| Pol.Sci.338 (3hr): Environmental Policy |
| Stat.211 (3hr): Elementary Statistical Inference |
| Stat.312 (3hr): Intermediate Statistical Methods |
West Virginia University
Department of Geology & Geography
330 Brooks Hall
P.O. Box 6300
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: (304)293-5603
Fax: (304)293-6522
General E-Mail: Hope Stewart