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Freshman Year
First Semester(Th-Pr)CrSecond Semester(Th-Pr)Cr
CHEM 101 Fund. of Chemistry I (3-3) 4 CHEM 102 Fund. of Chemistry II (3-3) 4
ENGL 104 Comp. and Rhetoric (3-0) 3 GEOL 106 Historical Geology (3-3) 4
GEOL 104 Physical Geology (3-3) 4 MATH 152 Engineering Math. II (3-2) 4
MATH 151 Engineering Math. I (3-2) 4      
    15     15
Sophomore Year
First Semester(Th-Pr)CrSecond Semester(Th-Pr)Cr
GEOL 203 Mineralogy (2-6) 4 GEOL 302 Introduction to Petrology (3-3) 4
GEOP 341 Intro. to Global Geophysics (3-0) 3 GEOL 309 Intro. to Geol. Field Methods (1-6) 3
MATH 251 Engineering Math. III (3-0) 3 GEOL 311 Prin. of Geological Writing (1-0) 1
PHYS 218 Mechanics (3-3) 4 MATH 308 Differential Equations (3-0) 3
* KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity (0-2) 1 PHYS 219 Electricity (3-3) 4
      * KINE 199 Required Physical Activity   1
    15     16
Junior Year
First Semester(Th-Pr)CrSecond Semester(Th-Pr)Cr
GEOP 435 Principles of Geophysical Exploration (3-3) 4 GEOL 312 Struct. Geology and Tectonics (3-3) 4
PHYS 221 Optics and Thermal Physics (3-0) 3 GEOP 413 Near-surface Geophysics (3-0) 3
Computer science 3   3 MATH 311 Topics in Applied Math. (3-0) 3
U.S. history or political science elective 2   3 Social and behavioral sciences elective 4   3
Visual and performing arts elective 4   3 U.S. history or political science elective 2   3
    16     16
Senior Year
First Semester(Th-Pr)CrSecond Semester(Th-Pr)Cr
GEOP 421 Petroleum Seismology I (3-3) 4 GEOP 470 Computational Methods (3-0) 3
MATH 412 Theory of PDES (3-0) 3 Technical electives 5   8
Humanities elective 4   3 U.S. history or political science elective 2   3
Technical elective 5   4 General electives 6   4
U.S. history or political science elective 2   3      
    17     18
Total Hours
128

NOTES:

  1. Students with junior or senior classification may substitute ENGL 301.

  2. These electives must be selected from the approved list of courses satisfying the University Core Curriculum.

  3. Computer science course must entail programming with a high-level language.

  4. These electives must be selected from the approved list of courses satisfying the University Core Curriculum AND 6 hours must be selected from courses that also satisfy the international and cultural diversity requirement.

  5. Any science, math or engineering course that augments the degree with the approval of the advisor.

  6. General electives MAY NOT include BUAD 100; CAEN 001-499; CAEX 001-499; DEVS 001-499; ENGL 100, 103; GEOL 101, 104; KINE 198, 199; LBAR 201; MATH 102, 103, 131, 142, 150, 151, 152, 171, 172, 221, 251, 253; PHYS 201, 202, 208, 218, 219; AERS 100-499; MLSC 100-499; NVSC 100-499; SOMS 100-499.

* See University Core Curriculum, item 7.