ERTH at California State University, Chico

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ERTH coursework.

• ERTH 102Physical Geologyopens 27 courses (9.2 directly)
• ERTH 306Mineralogy and Lithologyopens 14 courses (6.5 directly)
• SCED 142Concepts in Life Scienceopens 8 courses (3 directly)
• ERTH 307Stratigraphyopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• ERTH 403Igneous and Metamorphic Petrologyopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• BIOL 350WFundamentals of Ecology (W)opens 4 courses (2.8 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ERTH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 77 ERTH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 38 more ERTH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ERTH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ERTH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ERTH 471

  1. ERTH 101Our Changing Planet
  2. ERTH 102Physical Geology
  3. ERTH 306Mineralogy and Lithology
  4. ERTH 307Stratigraphy
  5. ERTH 360Field Methods
  6. ERTH 471Field Geology

• 6 courses deep, ending at ERTH 580

  1. ERTH 101Our Changing Planet
  2. ERTH 102Physical Geology
  3. ERTH 306Mineralogy and Lithology

• 5 courses deep, ending at ERTH 315

  1. SCED 141Concepts in the Physical Sciences
  2. SCED 142Concepts in Life Science
  3. SCED 343Concepts in Environmental Sciences

• 5 courses deep, ending at ERTH 470

  1. ERTH 101Our Changing Planet
  2. ERTH 102Physical Geology
  3. ERTH 306Mineralogy and Lithology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ERTH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ERTH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ERTH does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Chico State campus feed.