Nov 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Geological Engineering Options


Degree Option Requirements

Students are encouraged to select one of the following options within the Geological Engineering, B.S.  program and choose “Engineering Electives” and “Professional Electives” according to the listed courses. Completed option(s) are indicated on the student’s transcript. Students who do not select one of the approved options must design a set of electives that meets their educational objectives and have it approved by their Faculty Advisor and Department Head, ideally no later than the Spring semester of their Junior year.

Geophysics Option


Geotechnical Option


  • Required courses (15 credits):

  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • 3 credits
  • Soil Mechanics (e.g. ECIV 486 Soil Mechanics & Foundation Design)
  • Surveying (e.g. Min 210 Plane Surveying or SRVY 230 Introduction to Surveying for Engineers)
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    Recommended courses:

    CSCI 102 Computational Thinking w/Lab (Social Science Elective), EGen 202 Dynamics and/or EGen 324 Thermodynamics (for FE exam), GeoE 449 Field Geotechnical Engineering, GeoE 444 Rock Mechanics Lab, GeoE 406 Geomorphology, GeoE 585 GIS in Natural Resources, Gphy 284 Introduction to GIS, Min 475/575 Tunneling & Underground Construction, Soil Mechanics Lab (e.g. ECIV 487), Programming (e.g. CSCI 116 Intro to Python Programming), CAD courses, UAS courses

Hydrogeology Option


Mining Option


Petroleum Option