Environmental Studies Concentration in Geology
Major in Geology with a Concentration in Environmental Studies (ES) at Bryn Mawr College
Contact person: Don Barber, undergraduate advisor in Environmental Studies (Geology)
The following four classes are required for all ES Concentrators, regardless of major:
- GEOL 103 Environmental Geology
- CITY 175 Environment and Society
- BIOL 220 Ecology
- GEOL 397 Environmental Senior Seminar
The following courses are required for the Geology major with ES concentration:
- GEOL 101 Physical Geology
- CHEM 101 OR CHEM 103 General Chemistry I (circle one)
- CHEM 104 General Chemistry II
- GEOL 202 Mineralogy
- GEOL 302 Aqueous Geochemistry OR GEOL 328 Geospatial Data Analysis (circle one)
- GEOL 403 Independent Research (thesis project, fall semester senior year)
Two additional 200-level geology courses:
One additional 300-level course:
- GEOL 312 Quaternary Geology (every other year)
- GEOL 314 Marine Geology (every other year)
Two semesters of math, statistics or computational methods (e.g., those listed below, or others approved by the major advisor):
- MATH 101/102, Calculus with Analytic Geometry I/II
- MATH 104, Elements of Probability and Statistics
- MATH 201, Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 203, Linear Algebra
- MATH 210, Differential Equations with Applications
- CMSC 110, Introduction to Computing
- CMSC 120, Visualizing Information
- CMSC 205, Introduction to Computer Science
- CMSC 206, Introduction to Data Structure
- GEOL 250, Computational Models in the Sciences
All ES concentrators choose two environment-related courses from outside the natural sciences. One of these should cover topics related to Planning and Policy, e.g.:
- CITY/ANTH 190, Form of the City
- CITY 227, Topics in Modern Planning
- CITY 229, Comparative Urbanism
- ECON 234, Environmental Economics
- POLS/CITY 222, Introduction to Environmental Issues
- One should address issues of Humans in the Environment, e.g.,
- ANTH 203, Human Ecology
- ENGL 204, Literatures of American Expansion
- ENGL 309, Native American Literature
- HIST/CITY 237, Urbanization in Africa
For a complete list of approved courses in these two categories, visit the ES website. Note that many of these courses will fulfill students' College Division I and III requirements: