Department of Geosciences

For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of geosciences, visit the Department of Geosciences webpage.

Students graduating with a B.S.G.S. usually enter a professional career in the geosciences or further their education at the graduate level before working professionally in the geosciences.

The B.S.G.S. program has options for undergraduate research for students wishing to participate in mentored research opportunities, and for geoscience internships for students wishing to gain practical experience in the industrial applications of the geosciences.

Students majoring in geosciences (geology option) and with an interest in a foreign language may choose to earn dual degrees through the International Engineering/Science and Language Program .

Undergraduate Academic Programs

The faculty of geosciences offer courses leading to the Bachelor of Science in Geosciences (B.S.G.S.)  degree. Degree options including environmental science, geology, geophyscs, and petroleum engineering.

Program Goals

The goals of the undergraduate program in geosciences are to provide students with critical content knowledge, and to develop their analytical skills.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in geosciences will:

• Describe and understand Earth systems, spatially and/or temporally;
• Draw and diagram Earth-system data using academic- and/or industry-relevant techniques;
• Apply Earth-systems knowledge to evaluate contemporary environmental and societal issues;
• Design and defend a geological objective or project using combined knowledge of Earth-systems and supporting disciplines; and
• Criticize and compare and contrast conceptual hypotheses.

Teacher Education Program

Students seeking secondary teacher certification in geoscience must declare education as a second major. This double major leads to teacher certification in Oklahoma (and preparation for certification in other states). In order to qualify, students must complete all the tasks listed on the Department of Education  page in this Bulletin, including acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and to the Student Teaching Semester.

Geoscience education majors are assigned two faculty advisors, one in the Department of Geosciences and one in the Department of Education .

Faculty

Programs

• Geosciences, B.S.G.S.

• Geosciences Minor

Courses

• GEOG 3053 Geomorphology

• GEOL 1003 Introduction to Oceanography
• GEOL 1014 Physical Geology
• GEOL 1043 Geology of the National Parks
• GEOL 1991 Introduction to the Geosciences
• GEOL 2003 History of the Biosphere
• GEOL 2034 Minerals and Rocks
• GEOL 2043 Energy, Environment and Climate Change
• GEOL 2063 Geological Hazards and Catastrophes
• GEOL 2571-3 Introduction to Geosciences Internship
• GEOL 2871-3 Introduction to Research
• GEOL 3151 Sedimentary Rocks and Processes Laboratory
• GEOL 3153 Sedimentary Rocks and Processes
• GEOL 4016 Field Geology
• GEOL 4063 Petroleum Geology
• GEOL 4083 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GEOL 4111 Structural Geology Laboratory
• GEOL 4113 Introduction to Structural Geology
• GEOL 4513 Hydrogeology
• GEOL 4523 Environmental Geochemistry
• GEOL 4571-3 Geosciences Internship
• GEOL 4861-6 Special Topics in Geology
• GEOL 4871-3 Undergraduate Research
• GEOL 4991-4 Independent Study

• GPHY 2503 Physics of the Earth
• GPHY 4003 Petroleum Seismology
• GPHY 4023 Field Methods for Geophysics and Geology
• GPHY 4033 Seismic Data Processing and Interpretation
• GPHY 4053 Applied Geophysics
• GPHY 4063 Rock Physics for Geoscientists and Engineers
• GPHY 4861-6 Special Topics in Geophysics
• GPHY 4991-4 Independent Study
• GPHY 5023 Seismic Inversion
• GPHY 5153 Integrated Seismic Data Interpretation
• GPHY 5173 Time Series Analysis and Inverse Theory
• GPHY 5183 Special Processing of Seismic Data
• GPHY 5303 Special Topics in Geophysics