GEOL at George Washington University

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 GEOL coursework.

• GEOL 2111Mineralogyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• GEOL 2122Structural Geologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• GEOL 3128Sedimentology and Stratigraphyopens 1 course (1 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 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 18 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 more GEOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

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.

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 2112

  1. GEOL 1001Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 2111Mineralogy
  3. GEOL 2112Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 3129

  1. GEOL 1001Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 3128Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  3. GEOL 3129Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Lab

• 3 courses deep, ending at GEOL 3189

  1. GEOL 1001Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 2122Structural Geology
  3. GEOL 3189Geophysics

• 2 courses deep, ending at GEOL 2151

  1. GEOL 1002Historical Geology
  2. GEOL 2151Introduction to Paleontology

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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