Geology (BSG)
Description
The B.S. degree in geology prepares a student for a productive career as a professional geologist engaged in continuous professional growth along his or her chosen career path, or prepares a student for admission into a graduate degree program or professional school.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 124
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
| First-Year Writing I | ||
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First-Year Writing II | ||
| First Year Seminar | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Select three hours of fine arts from the following: 1 | 3 | |
Art History (ARTH) | ||
Music (MUSC) | ||
Dance (DANC) | ||
Theatre Arts (THEA) | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Select three hours of social sciences courses from the following: | 3 | |
Anthropology (ANTH) | ||
Economics (ECON) | ||
Political science (POLS) | ||
Psychology (PSYC) | ||
Sociology (SOCY) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
| Freshman Honors I | ||
| Freshman Honors II | ||
| ECON 3100 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| Select six hours of humanities courses from the following: | 6 | |
| African American Experience I | ||
| African American Experience II | ||
Classics (CLSC) | ||
English (ENGL 2220-2226) | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
History (HIST) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
Religion (RELG) | ||
Southern studies (SSTU 1000-level) | ||
| Freshman Honors I 2 | ||
| Freshman Honors II 2 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking | ||
| Business and Professional Speech | ||
| Professional Communication for Engineers | ||
| Total Hours | 24 | |
- 1
Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement
- 2
if not being used to fulfill composition requirements
General Education II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I | ||
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II | ||
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry III | ||
| Select an additional three hours of math chosen from the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Basic Mathematics for Science & Eng | ||
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry I | ||
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry II | ||
| Unified Calculus & Analytic Geometry III | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
- 1
A combination of MATH 1210 College Algebra and MATH 1230 Trigonometry may be substituted for MATH 1250 Basic Mathematics for Science & Eng.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Computer Science I | ||
| Programming for Engineering and Sciences | ||
| Programming in Python | ||
| ENGR 1010 & ENGR 1110 | Engineering Fundamentals and Engineering Fundamentals Lab | 3 |
| ENGR 3400 | Engineering Geology | 4 |
| ENGR 4530 | Prob and Stat Analyses in Engr Design | 3 |
| or ENGR 3100 | Engineering Analysis I | |
| GEOE 3010 | Geological Eng. Design Field Camp 1 | 3 |
| GEOE 4010 | Geological Eng. Design Field Camp 2 | 3 |
| GEOE 4200 | Subsurface Site Characterization | 4 |
| GEOE 4500 | Hydrogeology | 4 |
| GEOE 4700 | Intro. to Geographic Information System | 3 |
| GEOE 4050 | Engineering Geophysics | 3 |
| or GEOE 5030 | Environmental Geochemistry | |
| GEOL 1030 | Earth Dynamics | 4 |
| GEOL 1050 | Environmental Geology - Resources | 3 |
| GEOL 1060 | Earth History | 2 |
| GEOL 2250 | Mineralogy & Elementary Petrology | 5 |
| GEOL 3030 | Structural and Tectonic Geology | 4 |
| GEOL 3050 | Geomorphology | 3 |
| GEOL 3090 | Invertebrate Paleontology | 4 |
| GEOL 3140 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 4 |
| GEOL 4200 | Optical Mineralogy | 3 |
| or GEOL 5200 | Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrolo | |
| Complete 1 additional Geology, Geological Engineering or Engineering course at the 3000-level or above. | 3 | |
| Complete 4 hours of general electives to reach the required 124 credits. | 4 | |
| Total Hours | 72 | |
Geology Residency Hrs
Student must earn at least 18 hours of their major courses in residence.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Major Requirements II
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 1050 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 1060 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 1051 | General Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| CHEM 1061 | General Chemistry Laboratory II | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 8 | |
| General Physics I and General Physics II and Laboratory Physics I and Laboratory Physics II | ||
| Physics for Science & Engineering I and Physics for Science & Engineering II and Lab Physics for Science & Engineering I and Lab Physics for Science & Engineering II | ||
| Total Hours | 16 | |