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Program checklist · BS

Earth and Environmental Science, BS

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Indiana, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
40.0601
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
96
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
213020
CourseShelf checklist
CK_213020_3b36802c
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Crimson Core: 40-42cr

0 items

    Quantitative Reasoning & Data Analysis: 3cr

    1 item
    1. MATH 117
      Probability and Statistics
      or: MATH 216 - Probability and Statistics for Natural Sciences
      3

    Scientific Reasoning: 4cr

    1 item
    1. CHEM 111
      4

    Values & Ethics: 3cr

    1 item
    1. GEOS 111
      3

    Crimson Core Electives: 8-10cr

    2 items
    1. GEOS 102
      1
    2. MATH 121
      Calculus I for Natural and Social Sciences
      or: MATH 125 - Calculus I/Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
      4

    Major: 57cr

    0 items

      Required Courses: 36-37cr

      10 items
      1. BIOL 201
        4
      2. CHEM 112
        4
      3. GEOG 316
        3
      4. GEOG 341
        3
      5. GEOS 200
        4
      6. GEOS 203
        4
      7. GEOS 310
        4
      8. GEOS 470
        2
      9. GEOS 480
        2
      10. REPL 426
        3

      Minimum of 4 credits of field courses or internship from the following: (1)

      1 item
      1. GEOS 303
        Field Geology
        or: GEOS 400 - PASSHE Geology Field Course
        or: GEOS 493 - Geoscience Internship
        or: GEOG 493 - Internship
        4

      Controlled Electives: 20

      25 items
      1. One 100-level GEOS course (5)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. Any 300 or 400-level GEOS course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      3. One 200-level GEOG course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      4. Any 300 or 400-level GEOG course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. Students interested in pursuing a career in Geology, especially if they are considering graduate school, are encouraged to take three from the following: GEOS 302, GEOS 311, GEOS 312, GEOS 345, GEOS 352, GEOS 353. Students interested in Environmental Sciences are encouraged to take three from the following: GEOS 311, GEOS 312, GEOS 323, GEOS 352, GEOS 356, GEOG 342, GEOG 343, GEOG 415, GEOG 440. Students interested in becoming certified classroom teachers (Earth and Space science grades 7-12) are encouraged to take three from the following: GEOS 310, GEOS 341,GEOS 342, GEOS 353, GEOS 370, GEOS 371
        Not resolved to a course
      6. Any 200, 300, or 400-level CHEM course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      7. Any 200, 300, or 400-level CMSC course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      8. Any 100, 200, 300, or 400-level EVEN course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      9. Any 200, 300, or 400-level MATH course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      10. Any 200, 300, or 400-level PHYS course(s)
        Not resolved to a course
      11. ANTH 413
        3
      12. ANTH 487
        3
      13. ANTH 488
        3
      14. BIOL 202
        4
      15. BIOL 205
        3
      16. BIOL 221
        4
      17. CMSC 110
        3
      18. MATH 122
        Calculus II for Natural and Social Sciences
        or: MATH 126 - Calculus II/Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
        4
      19. MATH 171
        3
      20. PHYS 111
        Physics I Lecture
        or: PHYS 131 - Physics I-C Lecture
        3
      21. PHYS 112
        Physics II Lecture
        or: PHYS 132 - Physics II-C Lecture
        3
      22. PHYS 121
        1
      23. PHYS 122
        1
      24. POLI 250
        3
      25. SUST 201
        3

      Free Electives: 21-24

      0 items
        Source. Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.iup.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=22&poid=7480. Captured page pages/0388.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.