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Offered by: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Administrative Contact: GEO S undergraduate Major consultant, 2124 Snee Hall
Eligibility: Students in all Majors except Geological Sciences may participate in this minor.
Educational Objectives: Whereas many engineering students will encounter and have to understand the naturally operating systems of the Earth in their professions, the tools and techniques used by earth scientists to understand these solid and fluid systems over the widest scales of space and time are of use to a wide cross-section of engineering students. This minor is designed to give a flexible set of options for students looking to complement training in their Major with a core education in earth sciences.
Requirements
At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits), chosen as follows:
I. Choose one or two of these courses:
| ENGRD 201 | Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of the Earth |
| EAS 210 | Introduction to Field Methods in Geological Sciences |
| EAS 220 | The Earth System |
II. Choose at least two courses from the following list of core courses:| EAS 302 | Evolution of the Earth System |
| EAS 321 | Introduction to Biogeochemistry |
| EAS 326 | Structural Geology |
| EAS 331 | Climate Dynamics |
| EAS 355 | Mineralogy |
| EAS 356 | Petrology and Geochemistry |
| EAS 375 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy |
| EAS 388 | Geophysics and Geotectonics |
III. To complete the minor, these three to four courses are to be supplemented with two to three additional EAS courses > 300. These may include, for example, additional courses from the above list of core courses, undergraduate research courses, and outdoor field courses.
Academic Standards
At least C- in each course in the minor and a GPA > 2.0 in all courses in the minor.
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