Required Courses

  • GLY 110 The Face of the Earth
  • GLY 315 Structural Geology
  • GLY 330 Geomorphology
  • GLY 335 Earth Materials
  • GLY 394 Seminar
  • GLY 420 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
  • GLY 435 Sedimentary Petrology and Petrography
  • GLY 450 Hydrogeology

100 & 200 Level Electives (Choose 2)

  • GLY 120 The Dangerous Earth
  • GLY 130 Dinosaurs
  • GLY 220 History of the Earth
  • GLY 230 Geology of the National Parks
  • GLY 240 Geology of Natural Resources
  • GLY 250 Geology of Northern Kentucky


300 & 400 Level Electives (Choose 2)

  • GLY 325 Geology of the Planets
  • GLY 340 Environmental Geoscience
  • GLY 341 Soil Science
  • GLY 402 Invertebrate Paleontology
  • GLY 416 Geologic Field Methods
  • GLY 440 Applied Geophysics
  • GLY 455 Groundwater Resources
  • GLY 496 Externship

Other Required Courses

  • CHE 120-120L General Chemistry and Laboratory I
  • CHE 121-121L General Chemistry and Laboratory II
  • PHY 211 General Physics with Laboratory I
  • PHY 213 General Physics with Laboratory II
  • MAT 119 Pre-Calculus Mathematics

One of the following options

  • MAT 129 Calculus I
  • MAT 128 and MAT 227 Calculus A and Calculus B
  • STA 205 Introduction to Statistical Methods