Geological Sciences Minor
Students majoring in another department may elect to pursue completion of a minor in geology.
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Requirements | ||
Four EMES courses from the list of options below. 1 | 12 | |
Total Hours | 12 |
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Only one course may be numbered less than 200.
Code | Title | Hours |
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EMES 68 | 3 | |
EMES 72H | 3 | |
EMES 76 | 3 | |
EMES 77 | 3 | |
EMES 79 | 3 | |
EMES 89 | 3 | |
EMES 101 & 101L | and | 4 |
EMES 103 & 103L | and | 4 |
EMES 200 | 3 | |
EMES 201 | 3 | |
EMES 203 | 3 | |
EMES 221 | Geology of North America | 3 |
EMES 301 | Earth Materials: Minerals | 4 |
EMES 302 | Structural Geology | 4 |
EMES 303 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 4 |
EMES 304 | Petrology and Plate Tectonics | 4 |
EMES 305 | Planetary Geology: Meteorites and Asteroids | 3 |
EMES 306 | 3 | |
EMES 310 | Coastal Environmental Change | 3 |
EMES 314 | 3 | |
EMES 324 & 324L | and | 4 |
EMES 395 | 1-3 | |
or EMES 396 | Independent Study in Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | |
EMES 405 | 3 | |
EMES 406 | Introduction to Geophysics | 3 |
EMES 412 | 4 | |
EMES 414/ENEC 514 | Flood Hydrology: Models and Data Analysis | 3 |
EMES/ENEC 417 | Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution | 4 |
EMES/ANTH 421 | Archaeological Geology | 3 |
EMES 425 | Introduction to Field Geology | 3 |
EMES 431 | Major World Rivers and Global Change: From Mountains to the Sea | 3 |
EMES 432 | Paleoclimatology | 3 |
EMES/ENEC 435 | Principles of Environmental Consulting: Mechanics of Groundwater Flow | 3 |
EMES 436 | Geochemistry of Natural Waters | 3 |
EMES 438 | Principles of Seismology | 3 |
EMES 483 | Geologic and Oceanographic Applications of Geographical Information Systems | 4 |
EMES 485 | Summer Field Course in Geology | 3 |
EMES 486 | Summer Field Course in Geology | 3 |
EMES 501 | Geological Research Techniques | 3 |
EMES 504 | Advanced Petrology | 3 |
EMES 508 | Global Hydrology | 3 |
EMES/ENEC 511 | Stable Isotopes in the Environment | 3 |
EMES/ENEC 512 | Advanced Coastal Environmental Change | 3 |
EMES 520 | Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences | 3 |
EMES 525 | Inverse Theory: Advanced Data Analysis and Geophysical Modeling | 3 |
EMES 567 | Application of Plasma Mass Spectrometry in Earth and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
EMES 580 | Evolution of Earth's Surface Environment | 3 |
EMES 608 | Continuum Mechanics in the Earth Sciences | 3 |
EMES 655 | Recent Advances in Non-Traditional Stable Isotope Geochemistry | 3 |
GEOG 440/GEOL 502 | Earth Surface Processes | 3 |
F | FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute. |
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With permission, based on topic.
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Student must register for a minimum of 3 credit hours. No more than 3 credit hours may apply towards the minor.
See the program page here for special opportunities.
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Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences
Murray and Mitchell Halls