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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Geophysics B.S.Geop.
Sample Plan: Geophysics
Total Credits: 121.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
MATH 1371 - CSE Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH : Preferred Course
CHEM 1021 - Chemical Principles I : 4.0 cr : PHYS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (LE Requirement) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
MATH 1372 - CSE Calculus II : 4.0 cr : Preferred Course
CHEM 1022 - Chemical Principles II : 4.0 cr : PHYS
PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI : Preferred Course
LE (LE Requirement) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
MATH 2373 - CSE Linear Algebra and Differential Equations : 4.0 cr : Preferred Course
PHYS 1302W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI : Preferred Course
ESCI 2201 - Solid Earth Dynamics : 4.0 cr
ESCI 2301 - Mineralogy : 3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
MATH 2374 - CSE Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis : 4.0 cr : Preferred Course
PHYS 2303 - Physics III: Physics of Matter : 4.0 cr
ESCI 2302 - Petrology : 3.0 cr
ESCI 3303W - Geochemical Principles : 4.0 cr : WI
Year 2 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
ESCI 3911 - Introductory Field Geology : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ESCI 3202 - Fluid Earth Dynamics : 4.0 cr
ESCI 4501 - Structural Geology : 3.0 cr
LE (LE Requirement) :4.0 cr
LE (LE Requirement) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
ESCI 3401 - Geochronology and Earth History : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
ESCI 4911 - Advanced Field Geology : 4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ESCI 4211 - Solid Earth Geophysics I : 3.0 cr
ESCI 4203 - Environmental Geophysics : 3.0 cr
GEO 1xxx : 3.0 cr
GEO 2xxx : 3.0 cr
GEO 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
ESCI 4212 - Geodynamics : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr