Environmental Geoscience
Arts and Sciences Degree/A.A.
Career Opportunities: Career options for individuals with a B.A. in Environmental Geoscience include environmental planner, environmental compliance specialist, water resource planner/specialist, environmental sampling technician, natural resource planner, environmental scientist, environmental protection specialist, environmental educator, remote sensing scientist, and geographic information specialist.
Requirements for Graduation
In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Environmental Geoscience, a student must complete a minimum of 61 credit-hours of required and elective course work.
Restricted electives in this program are: Accounting 201 and 202; Biology 101, 102, 103, and 104 or Biology 115 and 116; Computer Science 101; Math 155; Statistics 211; and Agronomy 202 and 203.
Recommended Two-Year Sequence
FIRST YEAR
|
First Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
ENGL |
101 |
Composition and Rhetoric |
3 |
|
GEOL |
101 |
Planet Earth |
3 |
|
GEOL |
102 |
Planet Earth Lab |
1 |
|
MATH |
126 |
College Algebra |
3 |
|
Foreign Language 203 |
3 |
||
|
GEC Elective |
|
3 |
|
|
WVUe |
191* |
First-Year Seminar |
(1) |
|
Total |
|
|
16 |
|
Second Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
ENGL |
102 |
Composition and Rhetoric |
3 |
|
GEOL |
103 |
Earth through Time |
3 |
|
GEOL |
104 |
Earth through Time Lab |
1 |
|
MATH |
128 |
Plane Trigonometry |
3 |
|
GEC Elective |
|
3 |
|
|
Foreign Language 204 |
3 |
||
|
Total |
|
|
16 |
SECOND YEAR
|
First Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
CHEM |
111 |
Survey of Chemistry |
4 |
|
PHYS |
105 |
Physics |
4 |
|
GEC Elective |
|
3 |
|
|
Restricted Elective |
|
3 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
14 |
|
Second Semester |
|
Hrs. |
|
|
GEOG |
205 |
Natural Resources |
3 |
|
GEC Electives |
|
6 |
|
|
Restricted Electives |
|
6 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
15 |
Total Hours: 61
*Required of first-time, first-semester students; not required for graduation.