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Program checklist · Minor

Geophysics

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington · New Kensington, PA

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Program
Award
Minor
Credits (computed from items)
11
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214625
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214625_57505fea
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Minor

0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    0 items

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      3 items
      1. GEOSC 1
        Physical Geology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. MATH 140
        Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      3. PHYS 212
        General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Additional Courses

      0 items

        Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

        0 items

          Non-Geoscience Majors

          major core · 1 item
          1. GEOSC 203
            Physical Processes in Geology
            Not resolved to a course

          Select 3 credits from the following:

          8 items
          1. EARTH 2
            The Earth System and Global Change
            Not resolved to a course
          2. EARTH 101
            Natural Disasters: Hollywood vs. Reality
            Not resolved to a course
          3. EARTH 105N
            Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change
            Not resolved to a course
          4. EARTH 106
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOSC 1
            Physical Geology
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOSC 10
            Geology of the National Parks
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOSC 40
            The Sea Around Us
            Not resolved to a course
          8. GEOSC 109H
            Earthquakes and Society
            Not resolved to a course

          Select 11-13 credits of the following:

          7 items
          1. GEOSC 402Y
            Natural Disasters
            Not resolved to a course
          2. GEOSC 434
            Volcanology
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOSC 452
            Hydrogeology
            Not resolved to a course
          4. GEOSC 483
            Environmental Geophysics
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOSC 487
            Analysis of Time Series
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOSC 488
            An Introduction to Seismology
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOSC 489
            Dynamics of the Earth
            Not resolved to a course

          Geoscience Majors 1

          major core · 1 item
          1. PHYS 212
            General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
            Not resolved to a course

          Select 3-4 credits of the following:

          6 items
          1. MATH 220
            Matrices
            Not resolved to a course
          2. MATH 230
            Calculus and Vector Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
          3. MATH 231
            Calculus of Several Variables
            Not resolved to a course
          4. MATH 232
            Integral Vector Calculus
            Not resolved to a course
          5. MATH 250
            Ordinary Differential Equations
            Not resolved to a course
          6. MATH 251
            Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
            Not resolved to a course

          Select 11-13 credits of the following:

          7 items
          1. GEOSC 402Y
            Natural Disasters
            Not resolved to a course
          2. GEOSC 434
            Volcanology
            Not resolved to a course
          3. GEOSC 452
            Hydrogeology
            Not resolved to a course
          4. GEOSC 483
            Environmental Geophysics
            Not resolved to a course
          5. GEOSC 487
            Analysis of Time Series
            Not resolved to a course
          6. GEOSC 488
            An Introduction to Seismology
            Not resolved to a course
          7. GEOSC 489
            Dynamics of the Earth
            Not resolved to a course
          Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/earth-mineral-sciences/geophysics-minor/. Captured page pages/0321.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.