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Geology

Department: Geology

(for students entering prior to fall 2008)

The following courses are required: Total credit hours = 36

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
GL 100 Introduction to Geology 3 N
GL 101 Introduction to Geology Lab 1 Corequisite GL 100 N
GL 202 Historical Geology 3 GL 100 N
GL 203 Historical Geology Lab 1 GL 101 N
GL 205 Paleobiology & Paleoecology of Invertebrates 4 GL 202 or BI 113 N
GL 210 Mineralogy 4 one semester of chemistry N
GL 300 Petrography 4 GL 210 N
GL 310 Structural Geology 4 GL 202 & GL 203 N CW
MA 130 Calculus I 4 N QM

Complete one of the following Chemistry paths:

Option 1
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
CH 114 Intro. Physical Inorganic Chem. I 4 N QS
CH 115 Intro Physical Inorganic Chem II 4 CH 114 N QS
Option 2
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
CH 105 and CH 121 Organic Chemistry Concepts I Organic Chemistry Lab I 3
1 		one year high school chemistry or permission N
N		 QS
CH 106 and CH 122 Organic Chemistry Concepts II Organic Chemistry Lab II 3
1 		CH 105, minimum grade CCH 121 N
N		 QS

The remaining courses needed to total 52-60 semester hours (including all prerequisites) shall be chosen from the lists below. The POE must include 18 credit hours of 300 or 400 level courses.

Additional applied or advanced Geoscience Offerings
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
GL 220 Geochemistry of Natural Water 4 GL 100,101 & one year of chemistry including lab N
GL 305 Hydrogeology 3 GL 100, 101, 202, 203 & MA 130; & one year of chemistry N
GL 307 Geophysics 3 Gl 202 & Gl 203 N
GL 315 Principles of Stratigraphy 4 GL 202 & GL 203 N CW
GL 399 Special Topics 1-3 Variable N
GL 400 (formerly GL 301) Petrology of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks 4 GL 300 N CW
EES 420 Sedimentology 4 GL 205& GL 300 & CH 114 N
GL 450 Geology Research 1-4 Permission N
ESS 310 Hydrology I 3 ESS 200 & GL 101 N QS
Collateral Science Offerings
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
MA 230 Calculus II 4 MA 130 N QM
PC 200 General Physics I* 3 N QM
PC 201 General Physics II* 3 PC 200 N QM
PC 206 Physics Lab I 1 Corequisite PC 202 N
PC 207 Physics Lab II 1 Corequisite PC 203 N
BI 113 Biology II** 3 N
BI 305 Biostatistics*** 3 BI 222 & ESS 100 N QS
ESS 330 Geographical Information Systems 4
ESS 410 Hydrology II 3 ESS 310 & MA 130 N QS

*Introductory Physics I and/or II may substitute

**Biology I may substitute

***Introduction to Probability and Statistics may substitute

Distinction in Geology

To become a candidate for distinction in Geology, the student must have completed at least 28 credits in geology courses, at least 10 of which must be at the 300 level, and achieved a minimum 3.0 grade point average in those courses taken in the geology department, by the end of the junior year. Additionally, the student must be recommended as an honors candidate by at least 2 Geology faculty.

Honors Requirements

To receive Distinction in the POE in Geology, the student must:

Honors Exams

During her/his senior year, the student must pass an exam in one of the listed topics (at the student's discretion) for each of the columns below:

Part A Part B Part C
Sedimentary succession and process Mineralogy and crystal chemistry Structural geology and tectonics
Paleoecology and evolution Igneous/Metamorphic assemblages and process Geology of water

The student will have up to 1.5 hours to complete the written component of each exam.

Geology faculty will evaluate each written exam.

If a written exam is acceptable, the student will then complete a 1 hour oral examination by Geology faculty for the subject.

A student will be given no more than two attempts to pass both written and oral components for each part of the exam.

Honors Thesis

The student must give a short, written Honors Thesis proposal to the Geology faculty, no later than the mid-term of his/her first term of Senior year. All Geology faculty must agree to, and sign off on, the proposal.

Work directly related to the Honors Thesis must account for a minimum of 4 credit hours.

The Honors Thesis topic must address a specific geological problem, issue, or concept; or a series of related problems, issues, or concepts.

The Honors Thesis may focus on one or any combination of the following and is not meant to exclude work that may have been initiated prior to the fall semester of the senior year:

The Honors Thesis must be reviewed and approved by all Geology faculty and by at least one Juniata faculty outside of the Department of Geology (Honors Thesis Committee).

The student will present the Honors Thesis in public forum, open to all Juniata students, faculty, and administration.

At the completion of the presentation, the student must adequately address and answer questions presented by those in attendance regarding the Honors Thesis; this constitutes the defense of the Honors Thesis.

The presentation and defense must be approved by the Honors Thesis Committee.

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