General Degree Requirements

The Adams State College Earth Sciences Program offers a number of degree options for students interested in these fields:

  • BA Physical Geography
  • BA Geology
  • BA Science Education (secondary teacher licensure in Earth Science, an NCATE approved program)
  • BS Geology

The Department is small, but intense, offering a high degree of faculty-student interaction.

GEOLOGY

A geology degree provides a solid undergraduate foundation in the geological sciences, spanning a traditional geology curriculum, including:

  • physical and historical geology
  • mineralogy
  • sedimentology
  • stratigraphy
  • paleontology
  • optical crystallography
  • igneous and metamorphic petrology
  • sedimentary petrology
  • structure
  • field methods

Options are also available in geomorphology and hydrogeology. The curriculum features a strong emphasis in applied field methods and problems, due to ASC's excellent location for these areas.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Are you interested in learning about mountains, landscapes, environments and cultures around the world? Do you want to learn how to use state-of-the-art computer mapping programs such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? Do you want to study Earth processes and gain a better understanding of current issues such as climate change? If so, physical geography is for you.

Adams State's BA in Physical Geography will give you a strong background in the Earth Sciences and prepare you for a broad range of careers in geography. Some of the courses in the curriculum include:

  • Introduction to Physical Geography
  • Cartography and GIS
  • Natural Resource Management
  • World Geography
  • Remote Sensing
  • Biogeography
  • Geomorphology
  • Soils
  • Glacial Geography
  • Mountain Geography