Geology

General Geology Emphasis

19-20 units

Complete the following courses (19-20 units)​

• GEL 050 Physical Geology (3 units)
  • Or GEL 001 The Earth (4 units)
• GEL 050L Physical Geology Laboratory (2 units)
• GEL 101 Structural Geology (3 units)
• GEL 107 Earth History: Paleobiology (3 units)
• GEL 108 Earth History: Paleoclimates (3 units)
• GEL 109 Earth History: Sediments and Strata (2 units)
• GEL 116N Oceanography (3 units)
  • Or GEL 134 Environmental Geology and Land Use Planning (3 units)

Total = 19-21 units

Engineering Geology Emphasis

19-24 units

Complete the following courses (10 units)​

• GEL 050 Physical Geology (3 units)
• GEL 050L Physical Geology Laboratory (2 units)
• ECI 171 Soil Mechanics (4 units)
• ECI 171L Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1 unit)

Choose three courses (9-14 units)​

• GEL 134 Environmental Geology and Land Use Planning (3 units)
• GEL 161 Geophysical Field Methods (3 units)
• GEL 162 Geophysics of the Solid Earth (3 units)
• HYD 103N Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals (4 units)
• HYD 144 Groundwater Hydrology (4 units)
• HYD 146 Hydrogeology and Contaminant Transport (5 units)
• SSC 118 Soils in Land Use and the Environment (4 units)
• SSC 120 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification (4 units)

Total = 19-24 units

Geochemistry Emphasis 

21-24 units

• GEL 060 Earth Materials: Introduction (4 units)
• GEL 146 Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (3 units)
  • or GEL 148 Stable Isotopes and Geochemical Tracers 3
• CHE 110A Physical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 4
• CHE 110B Physical Chemistry: Properties of Atoms and Molecules 4

Note: Chemistry majors may substitute one of the elective courses for Chemistry 110B.

Choose two electives (6-9 units)

• CHE 110C Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Equilibria and Kinetics (4 units)
• GEL 108 Earth History: Paleoclimates (3 units)
• GEL 146 Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (3 units)
• GEL 148 Stable Isotopes and Geochemical Tracers (3 units)
• HYD 134 Aqueous Geochemistry (6 units)
• SSC 102 Environmental Soil Chemistry (3 units)

Note: Chemistry 110C and Materials Science and Engineering 134 cannot both be counted toward the minor.

Total = 21-24 units

Paleobiology Emphasis

20 units

Choose four courses (11 units)

• GEL 107 Earth History: Paleobiology (3 units)
• GEL 107L Earth History: Paleobiology Laboratory (2 units)
• GEL 108 Earth History: Paleoclimates (3 units)
• GEL 141 Evolutionary History of Vertebrates (3 units)
  • or GEL 144 Historical Ecology (3 units)

Choose at least 9 units

• ANT 151 Primate Evolution (4 units)
• ANT 152 Human Evolution (5 units)
• EVE 100 Introduction to Evolution (4 units)
• EVE 101 Introduction to Ecology (4 units)
• EVE 102 Population and Quantitative Genetics (4 units)
• EVE 105 Phylogenetic Analysis of Vertebrate Structure (4 units)
• EVE 112 Biology of Invertebrates (3 units)
• EVE 112L Biology of Invertebrates Laboratory (2 units)
• EVE 140 Paleobotany (4 units)
• EVE 149 Evolution of Ecological Systems (4 units)
• GEL 109 Earth History: Sediments and Strata (2 units)
• GEL 150C Biological Oceanography (4 units)

Total = 20 units

Minor Advisors

Please consult the department office in 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences.