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Natural Sciences Topical Major in Marine - Freshwater Science

Colgate University · Hamilton, NY

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Program
Award
Majors and Minors
Catalog edition
2026-2027 University Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This program is particularly applicable for students who wish to take courses in both biology and geology. Students major in natural sciences, with a topical emphasis in marine science — freshwater science. Students completing this program have pursued graduate, health-related, and law degrees, as well as private and government consulting positions and nautical education. Students anticipating graduate study should plan their course selections carefully. Interested students should see biology professors Frauendorf or McHugh, geology professors Harpp, Harnik or Leventer, or environmental studies professor Ury.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190099
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190099_5b4c5da5
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Major Requirements

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    Required Courses

    3 items
    1. BIOL 181
    2. GEOL 135
      1.00
    3. BIOL 304
      Invertebrate Zoology
      or: GEOL 215 - Paleontology of Marine Life
      1.00

    Two of the Following Courses

    4 items
    1. BIOL 182
      1.00
    2. BIOL 330
      1.00
    3. BIOL 335
      1.00
    4. BIOL 340
      1.00

    Two of the Following Courses

    8 items
    1. GEOL 190
      Evolution of Planet Earth
      As published: “/GEOL 190L - Evolution of Planet Earth”
      1.00
    2. GEOL 225
      1.00
    3. GEOL 315
      1.00
    4. GEOL 335
      1.00
    5. GEOL 303
      1.00
    6. GEOL 325
      Evolution of Form and Function in Biomineralizing Marine Animals
      As published: “/PHYS 325 - Evolution of Form and Function in Biomineralizing Marine Animals”
      1.0
    7. GEOL 420
      1.00
    8. GEOL 450
      1.00

    One 400-Level Research-Focused Course

    5 items
    1. BIOL 478
      1.00
    2. BIOL 487
      Advanced Aquatic Ecology
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIOL 491
    4. GEOL 441
      1.00
    5. GEOL 491

    Cognate Courses

    2 items
    1. CHEM 111
      Chemical Principles
      As published: “or CHEM 101 and either CHEM 102 or GEOL 253.”
      1.00
    2. An additional year of cognate courses (two courses) in chemistry or one year of cognate courses (two courses) from mathematics or physics. BIOL 320 - Biostatistics may be substituted for MATH 105 - Introduction to Statistics as one of two courses in mathematics.
      Not resolved to a course

    Field Experience

    0 items

      Additional Information

      0 items

        Honors and High Honors

        0 items

          Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division

          0 items
            Source. Colgate University, catalog 2026-2027 University Catalog — https://catalog.colgate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=16&poid=2819&returnto=807. Captured page pages/0174.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.