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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Geology (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
GEOL 100   - Earth in Action   3      
GEOL 103   - Geology Laboratory   1      
MATH 220   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4      
CHM 210   - Chemistry I   4      
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 200   - Earth Through Time   3      
CHM 230   - Chemistry II    4   
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I    3   
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3      
Total Credits: 13      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
GEOL 502   - Mineralogy    3   
GEOL 360   - Quantitative Methods in Geoscience   3      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3      
PHYS 113   - General Physics I   4      
Social & Behavioral Science Course #1 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 503   -Petrology   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Arts & Humanities Course #1 3    
Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Social Science Course #2 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
GEOL 530   - Structural Geology   3      
GEOL 605   - Introduction to Aqueous Geochemistry   3      
Non-Quantitative Social Science 3    
Arts & Humanities Course #2 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 630   - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy   3      
GEOL 560   - Field Methods   3      

PHYS 114   - General Physics II  

4      
Outside Concentration 3    
Free Elective 2    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 3      
GEOL 680  - Field Geology   3      
Total Credits: 3      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
GEOL 611   - Hydrogeology   3      
GEOL 740   - Regional Geology   3   
US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Fine Arts or Humanities  3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
GEOL 642   - Field Geophysics   3      
GEOL 650   - Geomicrobiology   3      
Global Perspectives Overlay 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120