• Minimum 128 credits (includes transfer credits). Must have an overall GPA of 2.00 or higher (Akron grades only).

• Completion of the General Education requirement.
  
• Three credits of mathematics or statistics earned in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences or the Department of Statistics.
  
• 47 credits (exclusive of workshops and General Education courses) consisting of either - 300/400 level courses both in and outside the student's major; - any courses outside major department as specified in and approved by the student's major adviser and the department or division head (permission should be obtained prior to enrollment), except workshops and General Education courses.
  
• Demonstration of ability to use English and another language: - for English, this ability will be shown by the completion of the General Education sequence of 3300:111, 2 English Composition I, II; - for the other language, this ability will be shown by the completion of a second year of a foreign language on the University level or by demonstrating equivalent competence through a test approved by the Department of Modern Languages.
  
• Completion of requirements in a major field of study and the recommendation of the student's major department.
  
• Attaining a minimum grade-point average of 2.00 in all work attempted in the major field at the University of Akron.
  
• Attaining a minimum grade-point average of 2.00 in all work in the major field, including transfer credits.
  
• Fulfilling the University requirements for a baccalaureate degree set forth in Section 3 of the Undergraduate Bulletin.

• At least 44 departmental credits including the following:
  3370:101 Introductory Physical Geology
  3370:102 Introductory Historical Geology
  3370:231 Silicate Mineralogy and Petrology
  3370:350 Structural Geology
  3370:360 Introductory Invertebrate Paleontology
  3370:493, 494 Geology Field Camp I & II
  19 credits Elective Geology courses (minimum eight credits at the 300/400-level)


• Non-geology courses required for majors:
  3150:151,2 Principles of Chemistry I
  3450:149 Precalculus


• At least seven credits from the following:
  3100:111,2 Principles of Biology (or equivalent)
  3150:153 Principles of Chemistry II (or equivalent)
  3450:221,2 Analytical Geometry-Calculus I and II
  3650:291,2 Elementary Classical Physics I and II

Geology BS

• At least 47 departmental credits including:
  3370:101 Introductory Physical Geology
  3370:102 Introductory Historical Geology
  3370:230 Crystallography and Non-Silicate Mineralogy
  3370:231 Silicate Mineralogy and Petrology
  3370:324 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
  3370:350 Structural Geology
  3370:360 Introductory Invertebrate Paleontology
  3370:493, 494 Geology Field Camp I & II
  15 credits Elective Geology courses (300/400-level)


• Non-geology courses required for majors:
  3150:151,2,3 Principles of Chemistry I, II
  3450:221,2 Analytic Geometry-Calculus I and II
  3650:291,2 Elementary Classical Physics I and II

Engineering Geology BS.

• At least 39 departmental credits including the following:
  3370:101 Introductory Physical Geology
  3370:102 Introductory Historical Geology
  3370:230 Crystallography and Nonsilicate Mineralogy
  3370:231 Silicate Mineralogy and Petrology
  3370:301 Engineering Geology
  3370:324 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
  3370:350 Structural Geology
  3370:446 Exploration Geophysics
  3370:493, 494 Geology Field Camp I & II
  5 credits Elective Geology courses (300/400-level)


• Non-Geology Required Courses
  3150:151,2,3 Principles of Chemistry I, II
  3450:221, 2, 3 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I, II, and III
  3450:335 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
  3650:291,2 Elementary Classical Physics I and II
  4300:201 Statics
  4300:202 Introduction to Mechanics of Solids
  4300:203 Dynamics
  4300:313 Soil Mechanics
  4300:314 Geotechnical Engineering
  4600:310 Fluid Mechanics
  4 credits of Non-Geology Electives

Geophysics BS

• At least 30 departmental credits including the following:
  3370:101 Introductory Physical Geology
  3370:102 Introductory Historical Geology
  3370:350 Structural Geology
  3370:441 Fundamentals of Geophysics
  3370:446 Exploration Geophysics
  3370:493, 494 Geology Field Camp I & II
  6 credits Elective Geology courses (as approved by geophysics advisor)


• Non-Geology Required Courses
  3150:151,2,3 Principles of Chemistry I, II
  3450:221,2,3 Analytic Geometry-Calculus I, II and III 3450:335 Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
  3650:291,2 Elementary Classical Physics I and II


• Science Electives 9 credits. At least three science courses approved by the geophysics advisor.