Minor: Earth Sciences

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 18

GPA requirements to earn minor: None.

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: C-

Contact Information: Alice R. Kelley, Undergraduate Coordinator, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, 207-581-2056, akelley@maine.edu

A minor in Earth Sciences consists of minimum of 18 credits of courses in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, no more than 8 of which are at the 1xx level. No grade below a C- will be accepted toward these requirements.

Courses:

ERS 101 - Introduction to Geology Credits: 4
ERS 102 - Environmental Geology of Maine Credits: 4
ERS 103 - Dynamic Earth Credits: 3
ERS 108 - Beaches and Coasts Credits: 3
ERS 121 - Humans and Global Change Credits: 3
ERS 200 - Earth Systems Credits: 4
ERS 201 - Global Environmental Change Credits: 4
ERS 209 - Geology of Maine Credits: 3
ERS 210 - Geology Applied to Engineering Credits: 3
ERS 211 - Geology Applied to Engineering Laboratory Credits: 1
ERS 230 - Earth and Climate Science Geomatics Credits: 4
ERS 240 - The Atmosphere Credits: 4
ERS 312 - Geochemistry Credits: 3
ERS 315 - Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Credits: 4
ERS 316 - Structural Geology Credits: 4
ERS 317 - Introduction to Geophysics Credits: 3
ERS 330 - Mineralogy Credits: 4
ERS 350 - Fresh-Water Flow Credits: 3
ERS 420 - Computer Scripting for Data Analysis Credits: 3
ERS 433 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Credits: 4
ERS 441 - Glaciers and Our Landscape Credits: 3