Minor

Minor in Earth Sciences

The Minor in Earth Sciences provides students with the opportunity to gain foundational and applied knowledge in geology through a structured selection of required and elective courses.

Minor Requirements Overview

The minor is optional. Students must successfully complete a minimum of 18 credit hours to earn a Minor in Earth Sciences.

Courses counted towards an approved minor may substitute courses listed as Major Electives (List G*). However, no more than 8 credits counted towards the major degree from Lists C, D, E, and F* may also count towards the minor.

Note: All course lists are available in the official Earth Sciences degree plan.

A. Required Courses

Minor Core Requirements

Course Code	Credits	Course Title	Prerequisite / Co-requisite
ERSC2101	4	Introduction to Geology I	FPEL0560 or FPEL0600 or FPEL0603 or FPEL0604
ERSC2102	4	Introduction to Geology II	ERSC2101

B. Minor Electives

Elective Courses

Students must complete the remaining credit hours from the following elective courses to achieve a total of 18 credits.

Course Code	Credits	Course Title	Prerequisite / Co-requisite
ERSC2211	3	Palaeontology I	ERSC2101 and LANC2058
ERSC3000	3	Environmental Geology	ERSC2101 and LANC2058
ERSC3002	3	Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation	ERSC2102 and ERSC3000 and LANC2058
ERSC3010	3	Mineralogy	ERSC2102* and LANC2058
ERSC3021	3	Structural Geology	ERSC2102 and LANC2058
ERSC3041	3	Stratigraphy	ERSC2102 and LANC2058
ERSC3051	3	Igneous Petrology	ERSC3010 and LANC2058
ERSC3061	3	Introduction to Remote Sensing	ERSC2102 and LANC2058
ERSC3901	3	Sedimentary Petrology	ERSC2211 and ERSC3010
ERSC4012	3	Metamorphic Petrology	ERSC3051
ERSC4031	3	Geochemistry	ERSC2102 and CHEM2101
ERSC4032	3	Environmental Geochemistry	ERSC2101 and CHEM2101
ERSC4040	3	Geological Interpretation of Well-logs	ERSC3041
ERSC4051	3	Hydrogeology	ERSC3000
ERSC4071	3	Economic Geology	ERSC3051
ERSC4311	3	Sedimentary Environments and Facies	ERSC3901
ERSC4321	3	Structural Geology II	ERSC3021
ERSC5011	3	Basin Analysis	ERSC3021 and ERSC4311
ERSC5012	3	Techniques in Sequence Stratigraphy	ERSC4311
ERSC5031	3	Tectonics	ERSC3021
ERSC5051	3	Petroleum Geology	ERSC3041
ESRC5061	3	Exploration Geophysics	GEOP3041
GEOP3041	3	General Geophysics	ERSC2101 and PHYS2101 and MATH2107 and LANC2058