Geology/Environmental Science
The courses in this area will help prepare a student to transfer to a university to complete a bachelor’s degree in geology, earth science, or environmental science. If the student intends to complete a bachelor’s degree in education, he/she would be advised to take secondary education courses as well (see Education, Secondary in this section).
General Education Requirements
Students must complete the college core requirements consisting of 34 credit hours and a minimum of nine additional credits in AS disciplines for an Associate of Science degree or nine additional credits in AA disciplines for an Associate of Arts degree.
Degree Requirements
- 20 credits completed at DCC
- 2.00 (C) grade point average
- Minimum of 60 total credits
- Suggested Courses Credits (some may satisfy Core Requirements)
- CH121 College Chemistry I 4
- CH131 College Chemistry I Lab 1
- CH122 College Chemistry II 4
- CH132 College Chemistry II Lab 1
- GE103 Physical Geography 3
- GE113 Physical Geography Lab 1
- GL104 Physical Geology 3
- GL114 Physical Geology Lab 1
- GL200 Historical Geology 3
- GL210 Historical Geology Lab 1
- MA120 Pre-calculus 4
- MA116 Statistics 3
- Environmental Science majors should also take
- BI101 General Biology I 3
- BI111 General Biology I Lab 1
- SC209 Conservation Ecology 3