Geosciences Degree Requirements
Emphasis:
- Geographic Information Systems
- Environmental Geosystems
- General Geoscience
36 hour Master's Program consisting of
15 hours of Core Courses:
| Course | Description | Time |
| ACTG 6100 | Accounting & Legal Issues for Managers | 3 hours |
| STAT 5140 | Probabilistic & Statistical Reasoning | 3 hours |
| BCEN 6820 | Managerial Communication | 3 hours |
| MGMT 6740 | Leadership and Motivation | 3 hours |
| BCEN 6910 | Internship Program | 3 hours |
Emphasis: Geographic Information Systems
Plus 21 hours completed from the following:
| Course | Description | Time |
| GEOL 6030* | Geoscience Colloquium | 2 hours |
| GEOG 6040 | Geospatial Systems and Applications | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5560 | Intermediate GIS | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5570 | Advanced GIS | 3 hours |
| GEOG 6050 | Programming for Geospatial Database Applications | 3 hours |
| INFS 6710 | IT Systems Development Project Management | 3 hours |
| One of the following: | ||
| INFS 6500 | IT Project Management Planning and Implementation | 3 hours |
| INFS 6510 | IT Project Risk Assessment and Control | 3 hours |
| INFS 6520 | IT Project Management Case Studies | 3 hours |
Emphasis: Environmental Geosystems
Plus 21 hours completed from the following:
| Course | Description | Time |
| GEOL 6030* | Geoscience Colloquium | 2 hours |
| GEOG 6040 | Geospatial Systems and Applications | 4 hours |
| GEOL 6020 | Advanced Hydrogeology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5040 | Engineering Geology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 6000 | Environmental Geosystems | 3 hours |
| GEOL 6010 | Case Studies in Environmental Geosystems | 3 hours |
| One of the following: | ||
| ABAS 5340 | Soil Formation and Remediation | 3 hours |
| ABAS 5350 | Soil Survey and Land Use | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5150 | Environmental Applications of Hydrogeology | 3 hours |
General Geoscience
Plus 21 hours completed from the following:
| Course | Description | Time |
| GEOL 6030* | Geoscience Colloquium | 2 hours |
| At least 12 credits from the following: | ||
| GEOG 6040 | Geospatial Systems and Applications | 4 hours |
| GEOG 6050 | Programming for Geospatial Database Applications | 3 hours |
| GEOL 6020 | Advanced Hydrogeology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 6000 | Environmental Geosystems | 3 hours |
| GEOL 6010 | Case Studies in Environmental Geosystems | 3 hours |
| No more than 7 credits from the following: | ||
| GEOG 5310 | Resource Management and Conservation | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5320 | Economic Geography | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5330 | Political Geography | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5340 | Historical Geography | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5370 | Urban Geography | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5380 | Catography | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5401-5402 | Field Course | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5410 | Geography of the United States and Canada | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5420 | Geography of Latin America | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5430 | Geography of Europe | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5460 | Geography of the Former Soviet Union | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5470 | Rural Settlement | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5490 | Remote Sensing | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5500 | Geography of the Middle East | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5510 | Laboratory Problems in Remote Sensing | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5520 | Image Interpretation | 4 hours |
| GEOG 5560 | Intermediate GIS | 3 hours |
| GEOG 5570 | Advanced GIS | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5000 | Petrology and Petrography | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5020 | Geomorphic Regions of the United States | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5030 | Invertebrate Micropaleontology | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5050 | Meteorology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5060 | Principles of Geoscience | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5070 | Sedimentation and Stratigraphy | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5080 | Structural Geology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5100 | Geophysical Prospecting | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5130 | Hydrogeology | 4 hours |
| GEOL 5140 | Inorganic Geochemistry | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5150 | Environmental Applications of Hydrogeology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5040 | Engineering Geology | 3 hours |
| GEOL 5401-5402 | Field Course | 4 hours |
| INFS 6500 | IT Project Management Planning and Implementation | 3 hours |
| INFS 6510 | IT Project Risk Assessment and Control | 3 hours |
| INFS 6520 | IT Project Management Case Studies | 3 hours |
| INFS 6710 | IT Systems Development Project Management | 3 hours |
*REQUIRED COURSE FOR ALL GEOSCIENCE CONCENTRATIONS
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