Geoscience Major with Earth Science Concentration Admitted to Program Even Years

First Year
Semester 1   Semester 2
GEOS 100 Earth in Perspective 3   GEOS 104 Introductory Geology Laboratory 2
GEOS 106 Great Lakes Water Resources 3   GEOS 109 Fundamentals of Global Climate Change 3
ENGL 101 Composition and Reading 3   General Education Humanities and Fine Arts/ DV 3
MATH 102 Survey of Mathematics 3   General Education Social & Behavioral Sciences 3
General Education Humanities & Fine Arts 3   General Education Natural Science 3
    15       14
Second Year
Semester 3   Semester 4
GEOS 200 Minerals & Rocks 4   GEOS 207 Field Methods 2
GEOS 301 Geomorphology 3   General Education Humanities & Fine Arts / DV 3
CHEM 100 The World of Chemistry 3   General Educations Social & Behavioral Sciences 3
General Education Humanities & Fine Arts / DV 3   General Education Natural Science 3
General Education Social & Behavioral Sciences 3   Supporting Courses 300 +   3
    16       14
Third Year
Semester 5   Semester 6
GEOS 320 Soils, Weathering and Surficial Processes 4   GEOS 102 Origin & History of the Earth 3
Supporting Courses 300 +   3   GEOS 355 Stratigraphy & Sedimentation 3
General Education Social & Behavioral Sciences 3   Supporting courses 300 +   3
Elective   3   Supporting courses 300 +   3
Elective   3   Elective   3
    16       15
Fourth Year
Semester 7   Semester 8
GEOS 496 Geoscience Applications 3   GEOS 495 Senior Seminar 1
ENVS 335 Energy 4   GEOS 420 Glacial Geology 4
Supporting Courses 300 +   3   Supporting Courses 300 +   3
Elective   3   Elective   3
Elective   3   Elective   3
    16       14
 

The bachelor's degree at UW-Parkside is comprised of 120 credit hours which include the following:

  1. Reading/Writing, and Computational Skills (7 credits)
  2. UW-P Distribution Requirements - General Education 36 credits to include 12 credits each from Humanities and Fine Arts (HU), Social and Behavioral Science (SB) and Natural Science (NS)
  3. Foreign Language* and Diversity Requirements (DV) (3-11 credits)

    *Foreign Language: It is assumed the student completed two years of the same foreign language in high school with a C or better average in the second year. Two semesters of the same foreign language at UW-P will be required if student did not complete requirement in high school.

  4. 36 credits are required at the 300 level or higher
  5. The English, math, foreign language competencies must be completed by 60 credits
  6. The information literacy requirement must be completed by 30 credits
  7. Any developmental courses (e.g., ACSK) or courses that are repeated more than once, do not count towards the 120 credit hours required for graduation and,
  8. All specific program major requirements as included in the above four year plan.