GEOL at Colorado School of Mines

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 GEOL 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 61 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 36 more GEOL 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 GEOL, 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 GEOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at GEOL 513

  1. CHGN 122Principles of Chemistry II (sc1).
  2. GEGN 212The Rock Cycle.
  3. GEOL 321Mineralogy and Mineral Characterization.
  4. GEGN 307PETROLOGY.
  5. GEGN 401Mineral Deposits.
  6. GEOL 513Hydrothermal Geochemistry.

• 6 courses deep, ending at GEOL 551

  1. GEGN 101Earth and Environmental Systems.
  2. GEGN 203Engineering Terrain Analysis.
  3. GEGN 316Field Geology.

• 6 courses deep, ending at GEOL 613

  1. CHGN 122Principles of Chemistry II (sc1).
  2. GEGN 212The Rock Cycle.
  3. GEOL 321Mineralogy and Mineral Characterization.

• 5 courses deep, ending at GEOL 503

  1. GEGN 101Earth and Environmental Systems.
  2. GEGN 217Geologic Field Methods.
  3. GEOL 309Structural Geology and Tectonics.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GEOL yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GEOL yet.

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Department events

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