Minor in Geology Teaching (16 hours)

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This minor is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. A teaching minor may only be received by students graduating with a teaching major. In order to graduate with this minor, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to http://education.byu.edu/ess/licensing.html or contact Education Student Services, 120 MCKB, (801) 422-3426.

Program Requirements

When all of the geology credit required for a minor is transferred from another school, at least one course in geology must be taken at BYU.

Grades below C- in professional education courses or content courses will not be accepted in the teaching major or teaching minor. Teacher candidates must have a cumulative 2.85 GPA in teaching major and teaching minor courses to qualify for student teaching.

Complete the following:

GEOL 111 : Physical Geology. (4:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 112 : Historical Geology. (4:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

Complete eight hours from the following:

GEOL 100 : Dinosaurs. (3:1:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 109 : Geology of the Planets. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 210 : Field Studies. (3:0:9)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 351 : Mineralogy. (4:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 352 : Petrology. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 370 : Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 375 : Structural Geology. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 411 : Geomorphology and Remote Sensing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 435 : Introduction to Groundwater. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 440 : Solid Earth Geophysics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 445 : Geochemistry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 460 : Economic and Resource Geology. (3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 480 : Paleontology. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GEOL 546 : Applied Geochemical Studies. (3:2:Arr)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Materials, structure, and surface features of the earth and the geologic processes involved in their development. Field trips and lab studies, use of aerial photos.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
PREREQUISITE:	GEOL 111
DESCRIPTION:	Developmental history of the earth, its landforms, and life forms, emphasizing the North American continent. Field trips and lab studies.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Hands-on examination of vertebrate fossils -- especially dinosaurs. For nonscience majors. Field trips.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Origins and distinctive histories of the planets in our solar system as revealed by study of their surface features.
NOTE:	For nonscience and science majors.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
PREREQUISITE:	GEOL 111 & GEOL 112
DESCRIPTION:	Procedures in observing, collecting, and recording field data concerning properties of rock units.
NOTE:	Contact Geological Sciences Department before April 15 for dates of upcoming August trip.

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2012 - 2013

Minor in Geology Teaching (16 hours)

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WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	GEOL 352
DESCRIPTION:	Nature and genesis of metallic and non-metallic mineral deposits, including laboratory study of economic minerals. Field trips.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	GEOL 112
DESCRIPTION:	Distribution, morphology, paleoecology, evolution, and stratigraphic significance of organisms in the geologic record. Field trips.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	Geol 445 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Applied problem solving through development of geochemical models. Using mass balance, equilibrium thermodynamics, and kinetic processes to understand environmental systems.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
PREREQUISITE:	MATH 112; Chem 105 or 111 or concurrent enrollment.
DESCRIPTION:	Principles of crystallography and crystal chemistry. Physical, chemical, and crystallographic properties of minerals.

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
PREREQUISITE:	GEOL 111
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretive analysis of landforms and their geologic significance. Use of aerial/satellite images of Earth and other planets, topographic/bathymetric maps, multi-wavelength image data. Field trips.