The Department of Geology offers a minor in Petroleum Geology with a focused list of courses that is appealing to many employers.

Requirements for the Minor

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
GEOL 101	The Way The Earth Works 1	3
GEOL 103	Geology Fundamentals Laboratory 1	2
GEOL 331	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 1	4
Electives: Choose courses totaling at least 9 hours		9
GEOL 360	Field Investigation
GEOL 533	Shales and Other Mudstones
GEOL 535	Petroleum and Subsurface Geology 1, 2
GEOL 536	Geological Log Analysis 2
GEOL 562	Structural Geology
GEOL 572	Geophysics
GEOL 578	Seismic Data Analysis and Interpretation
GEOL 731	Terrigenous Depositional Systems
GEOL 732	Carbonate Depositional Systems
Total Hours		18

¹

 Course required for the undergraduate BS in Petroleum Engineering major

²

Not open for credit toward the minor for students whoa re majoring in Petroleum Engineering