Earth Science Degree Requirements
Complete these required courses for a Earth Science degree.
Required 120 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above, and 60 of which must be from a 4-year institution) including:
The following curriculum:
Course List| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|
| |
GEOL 101
& 101L | Introduction to Geology
and Introduction to Geology Laboratory | 4 |
GEOL 102
& 102L | The Earth Through Time
and The Earth Through Time Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOL 256 | Critical Thinking in the Geosciences | 2 |
| GEOL 311 | Geomorphology | 4 |
| GEOL 318 | Mineralogy | 3 |
| GEOL 320 | Petrology | 3 |
| GEOL 330 | Structural Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 356 | Geoscience Lectures | 1 |
| GEOL 420 | Geology Capstone | 3 |
| GEOL 422 | Seminar II | 1 |
| 11 |
| |
| 8 |
CHEM 121
& 121L
& CHEM 122
& CHEM 122L | General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Laboratory
and General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Laboratory | 8 |
| MATH 103 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 105 | Trigonometry | 2 |
PHYS 211
& 211L
& PHYS 212
& PHYS 212L | College Physics I
and
and College Physics II
and | 8 |
| 22 |
| |
| |
| |
| 30 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
General Education Courses
Essential Studies (ES) is UND’s program in general education. Along with your required major courses, it
helps form the core of your UND undergraduate education. Your ES courses focus on
essential skills employers require including communication, critical thinking and
problem solving.
Earth Science Degree Requirements Disclaimer
The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect
future terms. Updates are published annually in April.