The B.S. degree in Geobiology requires a minimum of 121 credits. The following are included in Requirements for the Major:
• 21 (out of 45) credits for General Education
• A First-Year Seminar
• Requirements for writing across the curriculum

General Education (24 credits) requirements include Arts (GA), Humanities (GH), and Social Sciences (GS) (6 credits each), US Cultures and International Cultures (US/IL: 6 credits) and Health and Physical Activity (GHS: 3 credits). Gen. Ed. courses in Writing and Speaking (GWS: 6 credits), Natural Sciences (GN: 9 cr.) and Quantification (GQ: 6 cr.) are filled in the major.

Required Courses for the Geobiology BS—general option (31)
ENGL 15 Rhetoric and composition or ENGL 30 Honors freshman composition
ENGL 202C Technical writing or CAS 100 Effective Speech
EMSC 100S EMS Freshman seminar (students who transfer to EMS and have not taken EMSC 100S, must complete both ENGL 202C and CAS 100)
MATH 140, 141 Calculus with analytical geometry
CHEM 110, 112 Chemical principles
CHEM 111, 113 Experimental chemistry
PHYS 211, 213 General Physics

Required Geoscience and Biology Courses

Required Biology Courses
BIOL 110 Basic concepts and biodiversity
BIOL 220W Populations and communities

Required Geosciences Courses
GEOSC 001* Physical Geology
GEOSC 201 Earth Materials
GEOSC 204 Geobiology
GEOSC 310 Earth History

*GEOSC 20 may be substituted for GEOSC 001 for students who completed it prior to joining the major.
Additional Core Coursework
4 credits from:
GEOSC 202 Chemical processes
GEOSC 203 Physical processes

3 or 4 credits from:
BIOL 230W Molecules and cells
BIOL 240W Function and development of organisms
MICRB 201 Introductory Microbiology

Field Experience
3 credits from:
GEOSC 472a Field Geology
BIOL 444 Field ecology of the Central Appalachian Highlands

Senior Thesis
GEOSC 494W Senior Thesis
GEOSC 496 Thesis research

Advanced Geobiology Electives (12)
Select 12 credits from the following list. A minimum of 3 credits must be selected from each category.

Evolution, Paleobiology and Geology
GEOSC 465 Structural Geology
GEOSC 424 Paleontology
GEOSC 439 Stratigraphy
GEOSC 420 Paleobotany
GEOSC 425 Micropaleontology
GEOSC 474 Astrobiology
ANTH 401 Human Evolution: the material record
BIOL 428 Population Genetics
BIOL 405 Molecular evolution

Biogeochemistry
GEOSC 452 Hydrogeology
GEOSC 419 Organic Geochemistry of Natural Waters and Sediments
GEOSC 412 Water resources
GEOSC 413W Techniques in geochemistry
GEOSC 410 Marine biogeochemistry
GEOSC 475W Global Biogeochemical Cycles
BIOL 435 Ecology of Lakes and Streams
BIOL 406 Symbiosis
SOILS 412W Soil Ecology
BIOL 419 Ecological and environmental problem solving

Supporting Courses (17-18)
Select 17-18 credits supportive of the student’s interests. Students may apply 6 credits of ROTC.

b. The following courses require a grade of C or better, as specified by Senate Policy 82-44:
BIOL 110 (4 cr.)
BIOL 220W (4 cr.)
GEOSC 204 (4 cr.)
GEOSC 310 (4 cr.)