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Geology AB



Overview

The Geology Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) program is designed for students who desire a more flexible program of study than is provided by the B.S. degree. It may be used by those seeking a more liberal education or a background in geology for use in other fields. It is also a popular choice for students wishing to pursue Geology as a second major. The A.B. degree is not intended to prepare a student for professional or graduate work in geosciences unless the student takes the additional courses in mathematics, chemistry, and physics required for the B.S. degree. Because many of the requirements are the same for the B.S. and A.B. degrees, if a students starts in the A.B. program and decides at a later time to switch to the B.S., this is generally easy to do.

Lab and Field Exercises: Core classes involve extensive lab work that provides crucial hands-on experience. Field exercises are standard in most core classes and form an indispensable link between lectures and real world observations and analyses. Students may examine coastal processes and organisms on Georgia's barrier islands, the outstanding mineral assemblages at Grave's Mountain in the Inner Piedmont, major fault systems in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the rich fossil assemblages and ancient depositional environments preserved in rocks of the Valley and Ridge and Cumberland Plateau.

Summer Field Courses: Some courses take place entirely in the field, including the department's six-week summer field school (required for the B.S. and the A.B. degree), based in Canon City, Colorado. Projects include field mapping in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, pollution monitoring of streams in the Colorado Plateau, and field trips to Utah and New Mexico. Students gain valuable experience with traditional and computer-based mapping tools, with GIS, and with geochemical analyses. Other, optional, summer field programs include the Honors Interdisciplinary Summer Field Program in Geology, Anthropology, and Ecology, and the study-abroad program in Argentina.

Contact

Dr. Rob Hawman Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor (for students with last names beginning with A-J) Room B6, Geography-Geology Building (in the basement at the bottom of the central staircase) rob@seismo.gly.uga.edu (706) 542-2398 Dr. Doug Crowe Professor and Undergraduate Advisor (for students with last names beginning with K-Z) Room 301B, Geography-Geology Building dcrowe@uga.edu (706) 542-2383

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Fall Year 1

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

CHEM 1211-1211D  General Chemistry I 3
    AND  CHEM 1211L  General Chemistry Laboratory I 1
ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
GEOL 1121  Earth Processes and Environments 3
    AND  GEOL 1121L  Earth Processes and Environments Laboratory 1
MATH 1113  Precalculus 3
Spring Year 1

Area II Life Science

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
GEOL 1122  Earth’s History of Life and Global Change 3
    AND  GEOL 1122L  Earth's History of Global Change Laboratory 1
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

GEOL 3010-3010L  Earth Materials 4
GEOL 3020-3020L  Surficial and Near-Surficial Processes 4
MATH 2250  Calculus I for Science and Engineering 4
Spring Year 2

Area IV Humanities and Arts

General Elective

GEOL 4060/6060-4060L/6060L  Structural Geology 4
GEOL 4500/6500-4500L/6500L  Sedimentary Geology 3
Summer Year 2
GEOL 4270/6270  Geology Field School 6
Fall Year 3

Area V Social Science other than History

Fine Arts/Philosophy/Religion (Franklin)

GEOL 4010-4010L  Life and Ecologies of the Past 3

Literature (Franklin College)

Spring Year 3

Area V History

Fine Arts/Philosophy/Religion (Franklin)

General Elective

GEOL 4020-4020L  Internal Earth Processes 3
GEOL 4950/6950  Geology Seminar 1
Summer Year 3

N/A

Fall Year 4

General Electives (upper level)

General Electives (upper level)

GEOL 4950/6950  Geology Seminar 1

Major Elective

Multicultural (Franklin)

Spring Year 4

Area V Social Science other than History

Area VI Course

Area VI Course

General Elective

PEDB

Summer Year 4

N/A

University-Wide Requirements

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