General Information
The department no longer offers a major in geology, however students may minor in geology.

Course Descriptions
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Minor in Geology for Non-Majors
A minor in geology consists of 12 credits selected from GEOL prefix courses, PGEOG 231, PGEOG 334 and GTECH 350 and courses approved by the student's major department. If after taking a number of geology courses at Hunter, a student wishes to concentrate in geology, it is recommended that the student transfer to a unit of CUNY offering a geology major or take courses on permit at other CUNY units as elective credits.

General Education Requirement
Stage 2 Group E with lab: GEOL 101 and 102. Without lab: GEOL 180.
Stage 3B: All GEOL- prefix courses numbered 200 to 383.99 inclusive, except those courses listed for Stage 2E (please refer to Pluralism and Diversity and Writing for fulfillment of additional criteria)

Electives
A number of courses in the department have no prerequisite. These are open to all interested students. All others are open to all students who meet the prerequisites.

Fieldwork
Several courses offer students an opportunity to study geology in the field: GEOL 210 and GEOL 211. In addition to the regular field courses, special topic field courses are offered periodically, and fieldwork is conducted in connection with a number of the other courses.