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PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR GEOLOGY AND SIMILARLY NAMED APPLIED AND NATURAL GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS


Lead Society: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME/AIME)

These program criteria apply to geology or similarly named applied and natural science programs.
I. PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR BACCALAUREATE LEVEL PROGRAMS

Curriculum

The curriculum must provide graduates with the necessary knowledge of geology and include the following curricular areas:

a. general and field geology, including geographic information system (GIS) applications, and applicable safety practices in laboratory and field work

b. mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry

c. sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleontology

d. geomorphology, surficial processes, and Quaternary geology

e. structural geology, tectonics, and geophysics

f. hydrogeology

g. engineering geology

h. economic and resources geology

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