EARTH SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
(TEACHING MAJOR)

 


For advising, contact Dr. Kazuya Fujita.
Phone:  355-0142; e-mail:  fujita@msu.edu
Office:  15 Natural Science Building

This program is administered by the Department of Geological Sciences
Department office:  206 Natural Science Building
Department phone:  517-355-4626

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

Completion of 120 credits with a 2.0 GPA; 20 credits must be earned at MSU while enrolled in this major; 10 of the last 30 credits may be transferred from another accredited four-year institution.

1. IAH 201 and one other IAH course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. One 200- and one 300-level ISS course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. One tier I writing course (ATL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 4

     Note diversity distribution requirements.

COLLEGE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

A minimum of a 2.5 GPA in Earth Science courses is required for teacher certification and a 2.0 GPA in the major as a whole (section B under department requirements, below) is required for graduation. A minimum of 30 credits in courses numbered 300 and above is required (students who are not in CoE should pay particular attention to this) and a maximum of 67 credits in courses offered by a single division of the College of Natural Sciences (i.e., Biological, Mathematical, or Physical Sciences) is allowed. Teacher certification candidates must also complete an internship year after completion of the B.S. degree; consult the College of Education for details.

1. One semester of biological science (BS, BOT, ENT, MIC, PSL, ZOL) . . . . . 3-4
    (can be satisfied using BOT 335 from departmental requirement #B6, below)

Teacher certification students must also complete (note: consult College of Education for requirements presently in force)
2. TE 150 . . . Reflections on Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. TE 250 . . . Human Diversity, Power, and Opportunity in Social Institutions. .3
4. TE 302 . . . Learners, Learning, and Teaching in Context - Secondary . . . . . . 4
5. TE 407 . . . Teaching of Subject Matter to Diverse Learners - Secondary. . . .  5
6. TE 408 . . . Crafting Teaching Practice - Secondary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

Note: Admission to the College of Education is required prior to enrolling in TE 302.

DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS
A. Cognate Courses (Required)
1. MTH 132 . . . Calculus I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

and

. . MTH 133 . . . Calculus II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                                or
. . STT 200 . . . Statistical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                                or
. . STT 201 . . . Statistical Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                                or
. . STT 231 . . . Statistics for Scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                                or
. . STT 421 . . . Statistics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.  All of
. . CEM 141 . . . General Chemistry I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . CEM 142 . . . General Chemistry II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . CEM 161 . . . Chemistry Lab I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
or  all of the following
. . CEM 151 . . . General and Descriptive Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . CEM 152 . . . Principles of Chemistry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . CEM 161 . . . Chemistry Lab I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3.  All of
. . PHY 231 . . . Introductory Physics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . PHY 232 . . . Introductory Physics II  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . PHY 251 . . . Introductory Physics Laboratory I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . PHY 252 . . . Introductory Physics Laboratory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
 or all of
. . PHY 183 . . . Physics for Scientists and Engineers I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . PHY 184 . . . Physics for Scientists and Engineers II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

B. Earth Science Core Courses
4. All of the following (check prerequisites):
. . AST 207 . . . The Science of Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . GEO 203 . . . Introduction to Meteorology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . GLG 201 . . . The Dynamic Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . ZOL 303*****Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
. . GLG 304**. . Physical and Biological History of the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . GLG 321 . . . Mineralogy and Geochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . GLG 401*. . . Plate Tectonics (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

5. One of the following:
. . GEO 306 . . . Environmental Geomorphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
. . GLG 412 . . . Glacial and Quaternary Geology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

6. Two of the following (check prerequisites):
. . AST 201****Astrophysics and Astronomy I  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . PLB 335***  Plants Through Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
. . GEO 402 . . . Agricultural Climatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
. . GEO 405 . . . Weather Forecasting and Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . GEO 409 . . . Global Climate Change and Variability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . GEO 424 . . . Advanced Remote Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
. . GLG 411 . . . Hydrogeology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . GLG 421 . . . Environmental Geochemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
. . GLG 422 . . . Organic Geochemistry (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
. . GLG 434 . . . Evolutionary Paleobiology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Self-paced courses are also acceptable. Thus PHY 231B could be used for a PHY 231 requirement.

These requirements apply to students declaring Earth Science on or after Fall, 2001.
* Formerly GLG 371.
** Formerly GLG 202.
*** Formerly BOT 335
**** AST 201 has been discontinued.  Consult Dr. Loh for other Astronomy options.  A non-conforming major statement may be necessary for students in the College of Education.
***** Interdepartmental with GLG.  This course does not count towards the CNS Biological Sciences requirement.

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Last updated April 17, 2008