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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
CHM 110   - General Chemistry   AND 3   KSC 040  
CHM 111   - General Chemistry Laboratory   1   KSC 040  
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation  1      
GEOL 100  - Earth in Action   3      
GEOL 103  - Geology Laboratory   1      
Foreign Language Level 1 Course (Satifies A&S BA Foreign Language Requirement (Opt. 1)) 4    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
GEOL 200   - Earth Through Time   3   KSC 070  
STAT 225   - Introduction to Statistics   3   KSC 030  
Foreign Language Level 2 Course (Satifies A&S BA Foreign Language Requirement (Opt. 1)) 4    
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   OR 3   KSC 010  
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3   KSC 010  
GEOL 502   - Mineralogy  (Satisfies A&S BA Natural/Quantitative Science Requirement) 3      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
Foreign Language Level 3 Course: Satifies A&S BA Foreign Language Requirement (Opt. 1) 3    
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 503   - Petrology   3      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3      
Foreign Language Level 4 Course (Satifies A&S BA Foreign Language Requirement (Opt. 1)) 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Junior Year      
Semester 1      
GEOL 360   - Quantitative Methods in Geoscience   (Satisfies A&S Natural/Quantitative BA Requirement) 3      
GEOL 530   - Structural Geology   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Global Perspectives Overlay Course 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 560   - Field Methods   3 ​   
GEOL 630   -Sedimentology and Stratigraphy   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Humanities Course 3    
GEOL Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
Non-Quantitative Social Science Requirement 3    
US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
GEOL Elective 3    
GEOL Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Fine Arts Restrictive Elective 3    
Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
GEOL Elective 3    
GEOL Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120