Earth Sciences

A student may be admitted to the Earth Sciences major upon making their intention known to the School of the Environment.

A student maintains eligibility for the major by completing each of the following courses with a C or better by the start of the third semester in the major: SOE 101 or 102, SOE 110 or BIOLOGY 106, and CHEM 101 or 105. The following courses must be completed with a C or better by the end of the fourth semester in the major: MATH 140, MATH 171, or STAT 212, and SOE 350. In addition, admitted students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

A student who does not meet these minimum requirements for maintaining eligibility in the major may be released by the School of the Environment after two semesters of failing to meet minimums. A student may be eligible to re-enter into the same major when minimum requirements are met.

First Year
First Term	Credits
CHEM 101[PSCI] or 105 [PSCI]	4
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]	3
MATH 106 or electives1	3
SOE 100	1
SOE 101 or 102	4
Second Term	Credits
CHEM 102 or 106	4
ECONS 101 [SSCI]	3
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]	3
MATH 108 or electives1	2
SOE 210	4
Second Year
First Term	Credits
Humanities [HUM]	3
PHYSICS 101 or 201, or ASTRONOM 135 or 138	3 or 4
PHYSICS 111 or 211, if taking PHYSICS 101 or 201	0 or 1
SOE 340 [M]	4
SOE 350	4
Second Term	Credits
MATH 140 [QUAN], MATH 171 [QUAN], or STAT 212 [QUAN]1	4
SOE 110 or BIOLOGY 106	4
Earth Sciences or Professional Electives2,3	7 or 8
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Term	Credits
Summer Session: SOE 207 4	3
Third Year
First Term	Credits
SOIL SCI 368	3
Earth Sciences or Professional Electives2,3	9
Foreign Language, if needed, or Electives5	3 - 4
Second Term	Credits
COM 102 [COMM] or H D 205 [COMM]	3 or 4
SOE 315 or 461	3
Earth Sciences or Professional Electives2,3	6
Foreign Language, if needed5	0 or 4
Fourth Year
First Term	Credits
Arts [ARTS]	3
SOE 300 or BIOLOGY 372	3 or 4
Earth Sciences or Professional Electives2,3	9
Second Term	Credits
Equity and Justice [EQJS]	3
SOE 312 [DIVR]	3
SOE 474 [CAPS] [M] or 480 [CAPS]3	3
Earth Sciences or Professional Electives2,3	6
Exit Survey6

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Footnotes

1	MATH 106 and 108 are required courses. However, if students have tested into or taken MATH 140, 171, 172, STAT 212, or ALEKS with an 80% or better, MATH 106 and 108 will be waived. If waived, students may need to take additional credits to meet the University minimum requirement of 120 credits.
2	Earth Sciences or Professional Electives: Students will complete six (6) courses of Earth Sciences electives, selected from the following list: SOE 303, 320, 356, 357, 405, 474, 475, 480, and Geology 490 (Co-op course with the University of Idaho). In addition, students will complete 22 credits of professional electives, 13 of which must be upper division. Professional Electives are courses selected by students in concert with their advisor and pertain to their major and/or to a specific sub-discipline of interest. Professional electives may also include courses from outside of their major as needed to complete a minor in another field of study. Course used to fulfill the [CAPS] requirement cannot be used to fulfill Earth Sciences or Professional Electives.
3	The School of the Environment requires students to take three [M] courses. At least one writing in the major [M] course should come from the professional electives.
4	SOE 207 is the approved Experiential Elective for Earth Science majors.
5	Two years of high school foreign language or at least two semesters of college-level foreign language are required by the College of Arts and Sciences for graduation.
6	Students must complete a School of the Environment exit survey, administered during the final semester.