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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

Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for S.B. Degree	180
Foundation Material 12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST and one of the following subjects: 12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Terrestrial Planets, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) 12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) 12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03
Mathematics Requirement One of the following mathematics subjects: 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR) or 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
Core Subjects 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 12; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), 18.03 12.108 Structure of Earth Materials, 12; Chemistry (GIR) 12.113 Structural Geology, 12; 12.001, 12.005 3.012 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, 15, REST; 18.03* or 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
Required Field Subjects One of the following sets of field subjects: 12.221 Field Geophysics, 6 12.214 Environmental Geophysics, 12; 18.03 12.222 Field Geophysics Analysis, 6, CI-M; 12.221 or 12.114 Field Geology I, 6; 12.108, 12.113, or permission of instructor 12.115 Field Geology II, 18, LAB, CI-M; 12.113, 12.114
Research Requirement 12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation, 6 And One of the following research subjects: 12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP or 12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP
Restricted Electives Choose 2: 12.102, 12.104, 12.109, 12.110, 12.119, 12.159, 12.163, 12.201, 12.207J, 12.214, 12.215
Departmental Program: units for required courses	114-126
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs	24-36
Unrestricted Electives	78
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.