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