Minor Program (EPSC)
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MINOR IN GEOLOGY (18 credits)
Required Courses (6 credits)
| EPSC 210 | (3) | Introductory Mineralogy |
| EPSC 212 | (3) | Introductory Petrology |
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
| EPSC 201 | (3) | Understanding Planet Earth |
| or EPSC 233 | (3) | Earth and Life History |
| 9 credits selected from: |
| EPSC 203 | (3) | Structural Geology |
| EPSC 231 | (3) | Field School 1 |
| EPSC 243 | (3) | Environmental Geology |
| EPSC 334 | (3) | Invertebrate Paleontology |
| EPSC 350 | (3) | Tectonics |
| EPSC 451 | (3) | Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits |
| EPSC 452 | (3) | Mineral Deposits |
| EPSC 542 | (3) | Chemical Oceanography |
| EPSC 561 | (3) | Ore-forming Processes 1 |
| EPSC 562 | (3) | Ore-forming Processes 2 |
| BIOL 352 | (3) | Vertebrate Evolution |
**Other Earth and Planetary Sciences courses may be substituted with
permission.
MINOR IN GEOCHEMISTRY (24 credits)
Required Courses (9 credits)
| EPSC 201 | (3) | Understanding Planet Earth |
| EPSC 210 | (3) | Introductory Mineralogy |
| EPSC 212 | (3) | Introductory Petrology |
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
| 15 credits selected from: |
| EPSC 220 | (3) | Principles of Geochemistry |
| EPSC 243 | (3) | Environmental Geology |
| EPSC 501 | (3) | Crystal Chemistry |
| EPSC 519 | (3) | Isotope Geology |
| EPSC 542 | (3) | Chemical Oceanography |
| EPSC 545 | (3) | Low-Temperature Geochemistry |
| EPSC 561 | (3) | Ore-forming Processes 1 |
| EPSC 562 | (3) | Ore-forming Processes 2 |