Geology Minor

Academic Standards

  1. To be admitted, retained, and approved for graduation as an approved geology minor, you must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 for all courses taken within the major or minor, including collateral courses and regardless of a declaration of academic bankruptcy.

  1. You must complete Geology 104 before you declare your minor.

  2. If you transfer and have no credits earned at UW-SP in the minor, you will be a provisional minor until you complete the minimum requirements.

  3. If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you must have written approval of the department chair to be a provisional minor.

  4. You will be admitted as an approved minor once you meet the minimum requirements.

  1. Geology, geography, and biology courses taken at the 300 or 400 level on a pass/fail basis do NOT count toward the minor.

  2. If you do not maintain a 2.50 GPA, you will be placed on geology probation and will have two semesters to restore your GPA or be dropped from the minor. The department will attempt to notify and consult with students who are at or below a 2.50 GPA. However, it is your responsibility to know your own GPA status.

Minor Requirements

A minor in Geology consists of 22 credits:

  1. Geology 104 and Geology Courses105.

  2. Geology 200 and either 201 or 330.

  3. Remaining credits selected from Geology 201, 310, 330,
    352, 370, 383, 385, 391, 393 (maximum of three credits),
    395, 475, 487, 495; Geography 352, 375, 377, 379;
    Biology 311.

(For hydrogeology certification in the State of Wisconsin, 30 credits of geology are required, 6 credits of which must be in groundwater related topics.)


 

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