BS Environmental and Climate Sciences
Dear Geosciences Major:
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed below each year are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. A sample schedule is provided as a general guideline to help you build a schedule each term. Your courses must be selected with your advisor to satisfy all core curriculum and state, lab science, and multicultural requirements. Refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for the most current curriculum.
FYSE (3 hr) can substitute for 3 hours of PERS. The 4th hour of PERS is waived (a student does not have to take any PERS courses), but because USG requires 120 hours to earn a bachelor’s degree, that 1 hour is moved to general electives
Fall
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Composition I3
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Foreign Language Course3
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Perspective Course2
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American Government3
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Introduction to Weather and Climate4
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Total credit hours
Spring
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Composition II3
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Foreign Language Course3
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United States History to 1865 or United States History since 18653
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Precalculus3
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Our Hazardous Environment3
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Total credit hours
Fall
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Upper level English Course3
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Perspectives Course2
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Analytic Geometry and Calculus I4
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The Universe of Energy3
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Introduction to Land Forms4
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Total credit hours
Spring
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Principles of Chemistry and Laboratory I4
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Elective Course3
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Resources, Society, and Environment3
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Introductory Oceanography3
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Elective Courses3
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Total credit hours
Milestones: All geography and geology classes must be completed with a C or better. Overall GPA of at least 2.0. Begin to develop a career plan with your faculty advisor. NOTE: Except for thesis classes (GEOG 4860, 4861, 4862), most upper-level (3000-4000 numbered) geosciences classes are taught on a two-year rotation. If Year 3 is an even-numbered year, then the upper-level geosciences classes for the third and fourth years will need to be interchanged (Except Thesis classes).
*Suggested Electives: GEOG 1100, GEOG 1101, and GEOG 1102
Spring
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Principles of Biology I and Laboratory I4
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Paleoclimatology3
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Introduction to Geographic Information Science3
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Geosciences Senior Seminar1
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Elective Courses3
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Total credit hours
Milestones: All geography and geology classes must be completed with a C or better. Overall GPA of at least 2.0. Begin to develop a career plan with your faculty advisor. NOTE: Except for thesis classes (GEOG 4860, 4861, 4862), most upper-level (3000-4000 numbered) geosciences classes are taught on a two-year rotation. If Year 3 is an even-numbered year, then the upper-level geosciences classes for the third and fourth years will need to be interchanged (Except Thesis classes).
*Suggested Electives: GEOG 1100, GEOG 1101, and GEOG 1102
Fall
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Human/Environment3
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Senior Thesis3
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Elective Courses3
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Elective Courses6
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Total credit hours
Spring
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Global Climate Change3
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Thesis Presentation2
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Elective Courses3
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Elective Courses6
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Total credit hours
Milestones: All geography and geology classes must be completed with a C or better. Overall GPA of at least 2.0. Congratulations on completing your degree!
*Suggested Electives: GEOG 1100, GEOG 1101, and GEOG 1102
Geosciences
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- Main Office: 3025 Bailey Science Center
kwinkelmann@valdosta.edu
- Main Office: 3025 Bailey Science Center
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Mailing Address
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31698 - Phone: 229.333.5798