Environmental Geology Minor

Requirements

To earn a minor in environmental geology, a student must complete a minimum of 29 credits (at least 14 credits of which must be taken in residence at PSU) to include the following:

Courses

G 200Field Studies

1

G 201Dynamic Earth: Interior

3

G 202Dynamic Earth: Surface

3

 

G 204Geology Laboratory

1

G 205Geology Laboratory

1

or

G 207Computer Based Geology Laboratory

2

  

G 460Soil Geomorphology

4

or

G 461Environmental Geology

4

Sixteen upper-division credits chosen from:

G 312Mineralogy

3

G 313Methods in Mineralogy

2

G 318Processes in the Surface Environment

3

G 319Processes in the Surface Environment: Methods

2

G 322Global Biogeochemical Cycles

5

G 324Data Management and Analysis

5

G 341UGeology of the Oregon Country

4

G 424Geographical Information Systems for the Natural Sciences

4

G 434Structural Geology and Tectonics

5

G 435Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

5

G 440Volcanology

4

G 443Ground Water Geology

4

G 447Environmental Sediment Transport

4

G 448Chemical Hydrogeology

4

G 455Environmental Coastal Geomorphology

4

G 459Quaternary Climate

4

G 460Soil Geomorphology

4

G 461Environmental Geology

4

G 470Engineering Geology

4

Total Credit Hours: 29