This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
Course |
Units |
Any 100-level GEOL course and any 100-level GEOL lab |
3/1 |
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication |
3 |
GE B2 Life Science |
3 |
GE C1 Arts |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Total |
16 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
CHEM 101 and CHEM 101D and CHEM 101L (meets GE B1 Physical Science & GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity) |
3/1/1 |
MATH 150A (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning) |
5 |
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication |
3 |
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking |
3 |
Total |
16 |
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
Course |
Units |
GEOL 310/L |
3/1 |
GEOL 341/L |
3/1 |
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals |
3 |
GE E Lifelong Learning |
3 |
Total |
14 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
GEOL 307/L |
3/1 |
Upper Division Geology Elective* |
3 |
GE C2 Humanities |
3 |
GE D1 Social Sciences |
3 |
Total |
13 |
YEAR 3: Summer Term
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
Course |
Units |
GEOL 490 |
3 |
Upper Division Geology Elective* |
3 |
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences |
3 |
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Total |
15 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
Course |
Units |
Upper Division Geology Electives* |
6 |
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies |
3 |
Elective |
3 |
Total |
12 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*Four additional upper division GEOL courses (exclusive of GEOL 300, GEOL 301, GEOL 324, GEOL 327 and GEOL 344) including required lab, if applicable. GEOG 365/GEOG 365L may be used as one of these four upper division elective courses.