UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

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

Course Units
GEOL 306/L (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3/1
GEOL 314/L 3/1
MATH 150B or MATH 140 4-5
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15-16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GEOL 303 2
GEOL 309/L 3/1
GEOL 313 2
PHYS 220A or PHYS 225 3-4
PHYS 220AL 1
Elective 3
Total 15-16

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

Course Units
GEOL 430A/B 2/2
Total 4

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOL 490 3
Upper Division Geology Elective* 3
GE Upper Division 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
GE Upper Division Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 12
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*Four additional upper division GEOL courses (exclusive of GEOL 300 and 301) including required lab, if applicable.