Geology, Bachelor of Science: Petroleum Geology Concentration

Requirements for a major in Geology: Petroleum Geology Concentration

The Petroleum Geology concentration requires a minor in Petroleum Engineering and is exempt from the 12-hour rule.

Core Courses (36 Hours)

GEOL 111	Physical Geology	4
GEOL 112	Historical Geology	4
GEOL 203	Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy	4
GEOL 302	Structural Geology	3
GEOL 313	Sedimentation & Stratigraphy	3
CHEM 131	General Chemistry I	3
CHEM 132	General Chemistry II	3
CHEM 133	General Chemistry Laboratory I	1
CHEM 134	General Chemistry Laboratory II	1
CSCI 210	Scientific Computing & Problem Solving	3
MATH 125	Calculus I	4
WRIT 307	Technical Writing	3

Petroleum Geology Core (9 Hours)

GEOL 326	Petroleum Geology	3
GEOL 336	Environmental Engineering Geology	3
PETR 216	Petrophysics	3

Biology or Physics (8 Hours)

BIOL 101	Modern Biology	3
BIOL 102	Environmental Biology	3
BIOL 105	Introductory Biology Laboratory I	1
BIOL 106	Introductory Biology Laboratory II	1
	Or
PHYS 221	General Physics I	4
PHYS 222	General Physics II	4

Junior Core (4 Hours)

GEOL 301

Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology

4

Capstone (4 Hours)

GEOL 411	Directed Research	2
GEOL 412	Directed Research Writing	2

Total Credit Hours: 61