Geology/Geoscience, AA

Program Requirements

The following advisement plan is a recommended course of study. An academic advisor may alter course sequence to meet individual student needs. In addition, an academic advisor may recommend additional or different courses depending upon student career plans and/or requirements of the college or university to which the student plans to transfer.

For specific information for the university of your choice, consult the MATT tool at http://matttransfertool.com/about/default.aspx.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

PSY 2553 - Psychology of Personal Adjustment Semester Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1113 - English Composition I Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 1214 - General Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4
MAT 1613 - Calculus I Semester Credit Hours: 3 ¹
GLY 1113 - Physical Geology Semester Credit Hours: 3 and
GLY 1111 - Physical Geology Laboratory Semester Credit Hours: 1

Total Hours: 17

Spring Semester

ENG 1123 - English Composition II Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 1214 - General Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4 ²
MAT 1623 - Calculus II Semester Credit Hours: 3 ¹
HIS elective Semester Credit Hours: 3 ³
GLY 1123 - Historical Geology Semester Credit Hours: 3 and
GLY 1121 - Historical Geology Lab Semester Credit Hours: 1

Total Hours: 17

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Physics ISemester Credit Hours: 4-5 ⁴
LiteratureSemester Credit Hours: 3 ⁵
Humanities electiveSemester Credit Hours: 3 ³
Social science electiveSemester Credit Hours: 3 ⁶
Approved electiveSemester Credit Hours: 3-4 ^6,7

Total Hours: 16-18

Spring Semester

Physics I Semester Credit Hours: 4-5 ⁴
MAT 2323 - Statistics Semester Credit Hours: 3
ART 1113 - Art Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3
or
MUS 1113 - Music Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3
Social science elective Semester Credit Hours: 3 ⁶
Approved elective Semester Credit Hours: 3-4 ^6,7

Total Hours: 16-18

Note(s):

¹Students unprepared for calculus should enroll in Trigonometry or College Algebra. Calculus is not required for environmental geoscience at MSU; students should take college Algebra and Trigonomety.

²Required by UM, USM, and MSU for professional geology; not required for environmental geoscience at MSU.

³MSU requires three hours of history; UM requires six hours of history; USM requires at least three hours of history

⁴MSU requires the calculus-based physics sequence (PHY 2515 - General Physics IA /PHY 2525 - General Physics IIA ); USM and UM will accept the calculus or trigonometry based sequence (PHY 2414 - General Physics I /PHY 2424 - General Physics II ).

⁵MSU and USM require three hours of literature; UM requires six hours of literature.

⁶MSU requires three hours of history and GEO 1113 - World Geography ; UM requires 6 hours of history plus 6 hours of PSC, ECO, or SOC; USM requires six hours of history plus six hours of HPR 1213 , GEO 1113 ,PSC 1113 , PSY 1513 , or SOC 2113

⁷MSU requires SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I and two semesters of foreign language; USM requires BIO 1134 - General Biology I