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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Hydrogeology Major (HYGJ)


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The Hydrogeology major gives individuals a strong background in math and the sciences, focusing on geology and hydrogeology. This major prepares students to enter graduate programs and the job market as hydrogeologists. This major requires 71-74 hours.

Required Core


Required Courses (18 hours)


A minimum of a “C” grade is required in the following courses.

Hydrogeology Upper-Level Electives (Choose two courses - 6 hours)


Choose three courses from the list below and /or the four not selected from the above list (9 to 10 hours)


Either of the following two semester sequences (8 hours)


Required Minor


The Group Science minor for Geology Majors is recommended. Other options include Anthropology, Data Analysis, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, any Foreign Language, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics, or one can take a coordinate major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies.

Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement


Students who have chosen the Hydrogeology major will satisfy the Baccalaureate-Level Writing Requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

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