GEOL at Youngstown State 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 2605Historical Geologyopens 25 courses (10 directly)
• GEOL 3700Mineralogyopens 11 courses (4 directly)
• GEOL 3701Geomorphologyopens 8 courses (3 directly)
• GEOL 3718Igneous and Metamorphic Petrologyopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• GEOL 3704Structural Geologyopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• CHEM 1516General Chemistry 2opens 5 courses (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 47 GEOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 14 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.

• 7 courses deep, ending at GEOL 6901

  1. GEOL 1505Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 2605Historical Geology
  3. GEOL 3700Mineralogy
  4. GEOL 3718Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  5. GEOL 3704Structural Geology
  6. GEOL 5802Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
  7. GEOL 6901Geology of Ohio and Pennsylvania

• 5 courses deep, ending at GEOL 3755

  1. GEOL 1505Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 2605Historical Geology
  3. GEOL 3711Mineralogy

• 4 courses deep, ending at GEOL 3709

  1. GEOL 1505Physical Geology
  2. GEOL 2605Historical Geology
  3. GEOL 3701Geomorphology

• 4 courses deep, ending at GEOL 4804

  1. MATH 1510College Algebra
  2. MATH 1511CTrigonometry with Co-requisite Support
  3. MATH 1571Calculus 1

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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