Geology

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Chair: Professor D. Rodbell
Faculty: Professors J. Garver, K. Hollocher; Associate Professor H. Frey; Assistant Professor D. Gillikin; Visiting Assistant Professors M. Manon, A. Verheyden
Staff: W. Neubeck (Technician), D. Klein (Administrative Assistant)

Course Selection Guidelines: None of the 100-level courses in Geology have prerequisites, but only GEO 110  (100), GEO 112  (102), GEO 117  (107), and GEO 120  (101) serve as entry points into upper level courses. Preference for GEO 110  (100), GEO 112  (102), GEO 117  (107), and GEO 120  (101) is given to first-year students and sophomores. Students should take GEO 201 , GEO 202 , GEO 203  (301), 205, GEO 206  (255), GEO 207  (315), GEO 208 , and GEO 209  (254) after taking an introductory course, ideally in the second year. Students should have completed CHM 101  before taking GEO 220 , and GEO 220  is a prerequisite for GEO 320  (250). All Geology majors are required to take GEO 405 in the senior year. All Geology majors are required to complete a senior thesis, which may be either 1 term (GEO 498 ) or 2-3 terms (GEO 495 - GEO 497 ); GEO 496  and GEO 498  satisfy the senior writing requirement (WS).

Programs

• Geology, B.S.

• Geology, B.S.

• Geology Minor

Courses

• GEO 103 - Great Moments in The History of Life
• GEO 106 - Introduction to Oceanography
• GEO 108 - Earth Resources
• GEO 109 - Geologic Perspectives on Global Warming
• GEO 110 - (100) Physical Geology
• GEO 112 - (102) Environmental Geology
• GEO 117 - (107) Natural Disasters
• GEO 120 - (101) The Earth and Life Through Time
• GEO 201 - Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of New York
• GEO 202 - Geomorphology
• GEO 203 - (301) Lakes and Environmental Change
• GEO 206 - (255) Volcanology
• GEO 207 - (315) Stable Isotopes in Environmental Science
• GEO 208 - Paleontology, Paleobiology, and Paleoecology
• GEO 209 - (254) Paleoclimatology
• GEO 220 - (200) Mineral Science
• GEO 300 - Glacial and Quaternary Geology
• GEO 302 - Geochemical Systems and Modeling
• GEO 303 - Geophysics
• GEO 304 - Carbonate Sedimentology
• GEO 305 - Biogeochemistry
• GEO 307 - (253) Structural Geology
• GEO 320 - (250) Origin of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
• GEO 355T - Living on the Edge
• GEO 356T - Volcanoes and Society
• GEO 405 - Geology Senior Seminar
• GEO 490 - Independent Study in Geology I
• GEO 491 - Independent Study in Geology II
• GEO 492 - Independent Study in Geology III
• GEO 493 - Independent Study in Geology IV
• GEO 494 - Independent Study in Geology
• GEO 495 - Thesis Research in Geology I
• GEO 496 - Thesis Research in Geology II
• GEO 497 - Thesis Research in Geology III
• GEO 498 - Geology Research and Writing

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