Geology Minor

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At least two of the upper-division requirements must be completed at CU Denver. Transfer students who have earned the equivalent of all these courses elsewhere must complete a minimum of two of the required upper-division courses at CU Denver. No grade below a C (2.0) will be counted toward the minor requirements.

Required Courses

GEOL 1072 - Physical Geology: Surface Processes gtPATHWAYS: GT-SC1
GEOL 1082 - Physical Geology: Internal Processes gtPATHWAYS: GT-SC1

Choose at least two of the following courses:

GEOL 3011 - Mineralogy gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 3032 - Geology of Colorado gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 3421 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 4020 - Earth Environments and Human Impacts gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 4030 - Environmental Geology gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 4240 - Principles of Geomorphology gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 4270 - Glacial Geomorphology gtPATHWAYS:
GEOL 4280 - Environmental Hydrology gtPATHWAYS:

Minor Total: 15-16 Hours

NOTE: Any upper division courses applied to the geography major, option 5 cannot also be applied to the geology minor.

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