Requirements

Graduate with a Geological Engineering bachelor's degree.

Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering

Required 128 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. Geological Engineering required courses

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Geological Engineering required courses
GEOE 203 & 203L	Earth Dynamics and Earth Dynamics Laboratory	4
GEOE 301 & 301L	Petrophysics and Petrophysics Laboratory	4
GEOE 323	Engineering Geology	2
GEOE 417	Hydrogeology	3
GEOE 455 & 455L	Geomechanics and Geomechanics Laboratory	4
GEOE 484	Geological Engineering Design	3
GEOE 485	Geological Engineering Design	3
Geology required courses
GEOL 330	Structural Geology	3
GEOL 411	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	5
GEOL 414	Applied Geophysics	3
GEOL 356	Geoscience Lectures	1
GEOL 421	Seminar I	1
GEOL 422	Seminar II	1
Total Credits		37

III. Program Required Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Elective course options ^**		8
CE 414	Foundation Engineering
CE 421	Hydrology
CE 431	Environmental Engineering I
CE 432	Environmental Engineering II
GEOE 302	Reclamation Engineering
GEOE 351	Petroleum Development Engr
GEOE 418	Hydrogeological Methods
GEOE 419	Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation
GEOE 425	Design Hydrology for Wetlands
GEOE 427	Groundwater Modeling
GEOE 493	Selected Topics in Geological Engineering
GEOL 311	Geomorphology
GEOL 321	Geochemistry
GEOL 407	Petroleum Geology
GEOL 491	Geologic Problems (only section)
PTRE 311	Petroleum Fluid Properties
PTRE 401	Well Logging
PTRE 411	Drilling Engineering
PTRE 421	Production Engineering
PTRE 431	Reservoir Engineering
Total Credits		8

IV. College of Engineering and Mines requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ENGR 200	Computer Applications in Engineering	2
ENGR 201	Statics	3
ENGR 203	Mechanics of Materials	3
ENGR 206	Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering	3
or ENGR 202	Dynamics
ENGR 340	Professional Integrity in Engineering	3
ENGR 460	Engineering Economy	3
CE 306	Fluid Mechanics	3
or ME 306	Fluid Mechanics
ME 341	Thermodynamics	3
Total Credits		23

V. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
CHEM 121 & 121L	General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory	4
CHEM 122 & 122L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
MATH 165	Calculus I	4
MATH 166	Calculus II	4
MATH 265	Calculus III	4
MATH 266	Elementary Differential Equations	3
PHYS 251	University Physics I	4
or PHYS 251C & 251CL	University Physics I and University Physics I Lab
PHYS 252	University Physics II	4
or PHYS 252C & 252CL	University Physics II and University Physics II Lab
ECON 210	Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics	3
or MATH 321	Applied Statistical Methods
Total Credits		34

Technical Electives: 8 credits required from courses approved by Geological Engineering Curriculum Committee.

Students may petition the Geological Engineering Curriculum Committee (GECC) to use GEOE 397 Cooperative EducationCooperative Education, for up to three credits of technical elective credits with the following requirement:

Students must get approval in advance from the GECC and the Department Cooperative Coordinator.
The first cooperative experience may receive up to one credit of technical elective credit.
The second cooperative experience may receive up to two credits of technical elective credit.

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Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum.

Petroleum Option

The program has a petroleum option, which is designed to prepare students for possible employment in the petroleum industry, while continuing to provide a broad geological engineering background for career flexibility. The graduate pursuing this emphasis will have a B.S. in Geological Engineering and can report that they have completed the petroleum engineering option requirements.

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Licensure Requirements

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