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Undergraduate Program

EAPS Undergraduate Degree Requirements

 

Geoscience

 

Study of the solid earth, both interior and surface. Composition and Chemistry; Strength of Materials; Dynamics, Deformation and Structure; Geologic Time; Evolution of Life and the Earth System.

Degree Chart

 

Foundation Material 12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST and ONE of the following subjects: 12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Solid Earth, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02 12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; 8.01, 18.02 12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; 8.02, 18.03
Mathematics Requirement One of the following mathematics subjects: 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.014
Core Subjects 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 12; 8.02, 18.02, 18.03 12.108 Structure of Earth Materials, 12 12.113 Structural Geology, 12; 12.001, 12.005 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; 18.02, 5.11*
Required Field Subjects One of the following sets of field subjects: 12.221 Field Geophysics, 6 12.222 Field Geophysics Analysis 6 12.214 Environmental Geophysics, 12; 18.03 or 12.114 Field Geology I, 6; 12.108, 12.113* 12.115 Field Geology II, 18, LAB; 12.113, 12.114
Research Requirement 12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation And One of the following research subjects: 12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units) 12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units) (required for concentrations in Area 3 and 4)
Restricted Electives Choose 2: 12.102, 12.104, 12.109, 12.110, 12.119, 12.159, 12.162J, 12.163, 12.201, 12.207, 12.214, 12.215
Departmental Program: units for required courses	144
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs	(24-36)
Unrestricted Electives	60-72
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for S.B. Degree	180
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.