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Geology B.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The program shown below requires a total of 124 credit hours. The program leads to a B.S. in Geology.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_204eb080
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

The RPI Experience

0 items

    First Year

    0 items

      Fall

      5 items
      1. CHEM 1100
        Principles of Chemistry I
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. ERTH 1100
        Earth, Energy and the Environment
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ERTH 1150
        Earth, Energy and the Environment Lab
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      4. HASS Core Elective
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. MATH 1010
        Calculus I
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Spring

      5 items
      1. CHEM 1200
        Chemistry II
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. ERTH 1200
        Earth’s Surface Processes
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ERTH 1250
        Earth’s Surface Processes Lab
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      4. HASS Core Elective
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. MATH 1020
        Calculus II
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Second Year

      0 items

        Fall

        4 items
        1. ERTH 2330
          Earth Materials
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        2. HASS Core Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        3. MATH 2010
          Multivariable Calculus and Matrix Algebra
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        4. PHYS 1100
          Physics I (M)
          Not resolved to a course
          or: PHYS 1110 - Physics I (S)
          4

        Spring

        5 items
        1. ADMN 1030
          Career Exploration
          Not resolved to a course
          0
        2. ERTH 2100
          Introduction to Geophysics
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        3. ERTH 2140
          Introduction to Geochemistry
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        4. HASS Core Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        5. PHYS 1200
          Physics II
          Not resolved to a course
          4

        Third Year

        0 items

          Fall

          5 items
          1. ILEA 4400
            The Discovery
            Not resolved to a course
            0
          2. ERTH 4190
            Environmental Measurements
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          3. HASS Core Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          4. Free Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          5. ​Biology Requirement
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Spring

          3 items
          1. Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            8
          2. HASS Core Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          3. ERTH 4XXX selected from the ERTH Electives:
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Fourth Year

          0 items

            Fall

            3 items
            1. ERTH 2120
              Structural Geology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            2. Electives
              Not resolved to a course
              8
            3. ERTH Electives
              Not resolved to a course
              4

            Spring

            3 items
            1. Culminating Experience
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            2. Electives
              Not resolved to a course
              6-7
            3. ERTH 4970
              Out-of-Classroom Experience in Earth Sciences
              Not resolved to a course
              or: ERTH 4980 - Undergraduate Research Thesis
              2

            Geology Group Options (Two courses from the following group)

            10 items
            1. ERTH 4200
              Applied Micropaleontology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            2. ERTH 4340
              Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            3. ERTH 4350
              Data Science
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            4. ERTH 4370
              The Global Carbon Cycle
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            5. ERTH 4500
              Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            6. ERTH 4540
              Organic Geochemistry
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            7. ERTH 4650
              Seismology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            8. ERTH 4690
              Aqueous Geochemistry
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            9. ERTH 4710
              Groundwater Hydrology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            10. ERTH 4750
              Geographic Information Systems in the Sciences
              Not resolved to a course
              4

            Culminating Experience

            3 items
            1. Undergraduate Research Program
              Not resolved to a course
            2. ERTH 4970
              Out-of-Classroom Experience in Earth Sciences
              Not resolved to a course
              2
            3. ERTH 4980
              Undergraduate Research Thesis
              Not resolved to a course
              2

            Electives

            13 items
            1. BIOL 4850
              Principles of Ecology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            2. CHEM 4410
              Macroscopic Physical Chemistry
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            3. CIVL 2630
              Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            4. CIVL 4150
              Geotechnical Design
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            5. ERTH 2160
              Introduction to Geobiology
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            6. ERTH 6560
              Isotope Geochemistry
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            7. MATH 2400
              Introduction to Differential Equations
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            8. MATH 4600
              Advanced Calculus
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            9. MATH 4700
              Foundations of Applied Mathematics
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            10. MATH 4800
              Numerical Computing
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            11. MATH 4820
              Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            12. MTLE 2020
              Introduction to Ceramic Materials
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            13. MTLE 4100
              Thermodynamics of Materials
              Not resolved to a course
              4

            Footnotes

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              Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10071&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0077.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.