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Please see the section on Course Description Symbols and Terms in the University Catalog for an explanation of course description terminology and symbols, the course numbering system, and course credit units. All courses are lecture and discussion and employ letter grading unless otherwise stated. Some prerequisites may be waived with faculty permission. Many syllabi are available on the Chico Web.

Geological and Environmental Sciences Course Offerings

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
Prerequisites: High school chemistry or physics is recommended; students with no previous science courses are advised to enroll in GEOS 101. No college credit for those who have passed GEOS 101.
Prerequisites: High school biology, chemistry or physics recommended; or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 165 or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: Department permission.
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102.
Prerequisites: MATH 109 or MATH 120 (may be taken concurrently) or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 166 or NSCI 343.
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 or JOUR 130 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; CHEM 107 or CHEM 111; PHYS 202A or PHYS 204A or PHYS 341.
Prerequisites: GEOS 203 or course in Biology.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102; CHEM 107 or CHEM 111 or equivalent; or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 203 and GEOS 306 (both may be taken concurrently), or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102.
Prerequisites: CHEM 107 or CHEM 111.
Prerequisites: MATH 120; either PHYS 202B or PHYS 204C.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102 or consent of instructor.
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences and one course from GE Pathway Foundation Life Sciences.
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences and one course from GE Pathway Foundation Life Sciences.
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences and one course from GE Pathway Foundation Life Sciences.
Prerequisites: Both GEOS 102 and GEOS 105, or NSCI 342.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Pathway Foundation areas Physical Sciences and Life Sciences.
Prerequisites: Completion of the GE Pathway Foundation areas Physical Sciences and Life Sciences.
Prerequisites: Completion of the GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences, PHIL 321.
Prerequisites: GE Foundation Areas Physical Science and Life Science.
Prerequisites: GEOS 306, GEOS 307.
Prerequisite: ENGL 130 or JOUR 130 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher, GEOS 360.
Prerequisite: GEOS 265 or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences.
Prerequisites: PHYS 202A or PHYS 204A (may be taken concurrently).
Prerequisite: GEOS 380 (may be taken concurrently) or faculty permission.
Prerequisite: GEOS 380 (may be taken concurrently), GEOS 415 or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: MATH 120; either PHYS 202A or PHYS 204A.
Prerequisites: Department permission.
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisites: MATH 121; either PHYS 202B or PHYS 204C. Recommended: GEOS 321.
Prerequisites: GEOS 306 with grade of C- or higher.
Corequisites: GEOS 403.
Prerequisites: GEOS 306 with grade of C- or higher.
Corequisite: GEOS 402.
Prerequisite: PHYS 202A or equivalent, or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: High school or college trigonometry; GEOS 203; GEOS 307 with grade of C- or higher.
Prerequisites: GEOS 380 or prior hydrology course work and consent of instructor.
Prerequisites: CHEM 111, GEOS 306, GEOS 380, MATH 120; PHYS 202A or PHYS 204A. Recommended: GEOS 307.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102, GEOS 306.
Prerequisites: GEOS 250; PHYS 202B or PHYS 204B or PHYS 204C.
Prerequisites: GEOS 306, GEOS 307.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GEOS 330 or GEOS 380.
Prerequisites: GEOS 360, GEOS 361, GEOS 408 (with grade of C- or higher in all courses).
Prerequisite: Geological and Environmental Sciences (GEOS) majors only.
Prerequisites: GEOS 101 or GEOS 102, GEOS 203.
Prerequisites: Department permission.
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisites: First semester: A total of 9 upper-division units in the major, with at least a B average, and faculty permission. <R> Second semester: A grade of B or higher in the first semester of the course.
Prerequisites: GEOS 400.
Prerequisites: CHEM 112, GEOS 321 or GEOS 400, MATH 121, or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: CHEM 111, GEOS 315.
Prerequisites: CHEM 112, GEOS 315.
Prerequisites: CHEM 112; GEOS 330 or faculty permission; MATH 120; either PHYS 202B or PHYS 204C.
Prerequisites: GEOS 530.
Prerequisites: Chem 112, GEOS 315.
Prerequisites: BIOL 350.
Prerequisites: BIOL 350, GEOS 270 or GEOS 380, or instructor consent.
Prerequisites: GEOS 303, GEOS 307.
Prerequisites: One year of physics, GEOS 102, or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: GEOS 306, GEOS 307; or faculty permission.
Prerequisite: GEOS 307 or faculty permisison.
Prerequisites: GEOS 307, GEOS 403.
Prerequisites: CHEM 111, GEOS 102. Recommended: GEOS 306.
Prerequisites: GEOS 102, GEOS 203, GEOS 306. For majors in related sciences and technical fields, GEOS 102 only.
Prerequisites: GEOS 403, GEOS 471 both with a grade of C- or higher.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in Hydrology or Environmental Science Options.
Prerequisites: GEOS 555, senior standing in Geology major, or faculty permission.
Prerequisites: Department permission.
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
This course is also offered as NSCI 600.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Prerequisites: CHEM 111, CHEM 112. Recommended: GEOS 565.
Prerequisites: CHEM 270 or CHEM 320, MATH 120, PHYS 202B. Recommended: BIOL 350 or BIOL 360.
Prerequisites: CHEM 270 or CHEM 320, MATH 120, PHYS 202B. Recommended: BIOL 350 or BIOL 360.
Prerequisites: Completion of three semesters of coursework in either the Environmental Sciences MS program or the proposed PSM option of the Environmental Sciences MS program.
Prerequisites: MATH 120.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
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