GEOL at James Madison 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 110LPhysical Geology Laboratory [C3L]opens 31 courses (7.3 directly)
• GEOL 110Physical Geology [C3NS]opens 31 courses (1.3 directly)
• GEOL 115LEarth Systems and Climate Change Lab [C3L]opens 30 courses (6.5 directly)
• GEOL 280Mineralogy (3, 2)opens 6 courses (3.3 directly)
• GEOL 291Writing and Communicating in the Geosciencesopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• GEOL 230Evolution of Earth (3, 2)opens 5 courses (2.3 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 50 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at GEOL 302

  1. GEOL 110Physical Geology [C3NS]
  2. GEOL 110LPhysical Geology Laboratory [C3L]
  3. GEOL 280Mineralogy (3, 2)
  4. GEOL 300Introduction to Petrology (3, 3)
  5. GEOL 302Sedimentary Petrology

• 5 courses deep, ending at GEOL 388

  1. GEOL 110Physical Geology [C3NS]
  2. GEOL 110LPhysical Geology Laboratory [C3L]
  3. GEOL 230Evolution of Earth (3, 2)

• 4 courses deep, ending at GEOL 440

  1. MATH 235Calculus I [C3QR]
  2. PHYS 240University Physics I [C3PP]
  3. PHYS 250University Physics II

• 4 courses deep, ending at GEOL 477

  1. GEOL 110Physical Geology [C3NS]
  2. GEOL 110LPhysical Geology Laboratory [C3L]
  3. GEOL 377Earth Surface Processes (2, 2)

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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