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 :

 GEOL 200-level elective ________________________

 GEOL 200-level elective ________________________

 One additional 300-level course:

 GEOL 312 Quaternary Geology (every other year)

 GEOL 314 Marine Geology (every other year)

 GEOL 300-level elective _______________________

 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: