Program: Earth Science Concentration, BS - Southern Oregon University

Apr 29, 2025

2011-12 Catalog

Students selecting the Earth Science Concentration will complete G 314 - Hydrology and G 360 - Environmental Geology within the ES core. Core courses cannot be used to meet upper division elective requirements within this concentration.

Required Lower Division

(20 to 24 credits)

G 103 - Historical Geology 4 credits

Select one of the following chemistry sequences:

CH 100 - Fundamentals of Chemistry 4 credits
and
CH 100L
CH 101 - Environmental Chemistry 4 credits
and
CH 101L
OR
CH 201 - General Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 204 - General Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits
CH 202 - General Chemistry 3 credits
and
CH 205 - General Chemistry Laboratory 2 credits

Select one of the following sequences:

BI 101 - General Biology: Cells 4 credits *
and
BI 101L
BI 103 - General Biology: Populations 4 credits *
and
BI 103L
OR
PH 201 - General Physics I 3 credits **
and
PH 224 - General Physics Laboratory I 2 credits
PH 202 - General Physics II 3 credits **
and
PH 225 - General Physics Laboratory II 2 credits

Earth Science Concentration Core

(16 credits)

G 318 - Crystals and Minerals 3 credits
G 319 - Lithology and Geology of Southern Oregon 3 credits
G 321 - Structural Geology: Brittle Deformation 3 credits
G 341 - Sedimentology 3 credits
G 480 - Geologic Field Methods 4 credits

Upper Division Geology, select two of the following:

(6 to 8 credits)

G 315 - Hydrogeology 3 credits
G 322 - Structural Geology: Plastic Deformation and Tectonics 3 credits
G 342 - Stratigraphy 3 credits
G 431 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 4 credits
G 433 - Soil Science 4 credits
or
GEOG 433 - Soil Science 4 credits
G 481 - Geomorphology 4 credits
or
GEOG 481 - Geomorphology 4 credits

Upper Division Natural Science, select one of the following:

(4 credits)

BI 340 - Introductory Ecology 4 credits
or
ES 340 - Introductory Ecology 4 credits
ES 475 - Environmental Modeling 4 credits
ES 327 - Energy and Climate Change 4 credits
ES 435 - Water Resources 4 credits
GEOG 482 - Climatology 4 credits

Footnotes

* Students may substitute BI 211 and BI 212 for BI 101 and BI 103 with advisor approval.
** Students may substitute PH 221 and PH 222 for PH 201 and PH 202 with advisor approval.