this presentation is directed towards
geology majors and is provided by the
academic advising and Resource Center
and the Department of geological
sciences advising team in the Thomas
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences at
East Carolina University as a geology
major you'll be assigned an academic
advisor from the geological sciences
advising team we have three people on
this team on the Left there's dr.
Mallinson that's me I'm the
undergraduate program director in the
center there is dr. Adriana Hyman and on
the right there is dr. Alex manda we're
all very happy to assist you in any way
we can and the best way to get in touch
with us is through our emails which are
shown right there so let's take a look
at what is required for a Bachelor of
Science degree in geology 120 hours
total are required for this degree forty
semester hours come from general
education these include things like
English general chemistry one and two
math social sciences humanities and Fine
Arts Health and kinesiology with respect
to geology we have 42 semester hours of
core courses that are required dynamic
earth earth and life through time
mineralogy petrology field methods
structural geology sedimentology
stratigraphy paleontology and the
capstone summer field course you also
required six semester hours in a
concentration that consists of two
courses under the following categories
coastal and marine geology environmental
geology or general geology fifteen
semester hours of cognates are required
these include various types of
quantitative skills and also additional
science and then you need enough
electives to simply bring you up to a
total of 120 semester hours to graduate
with in the catalog you can also find a
list of minors
you might start exploring these and you
could even take course in one of these
in the fall
shown here is a sample 4-year plan to
receive your Bachelor of Science degree
in geology now
I'll point out that there is a fair
amount of flexibility in this plan but
it is important to note that we have a
specific course sequence in geology and
so if you fall behind on that sequence
it can make things a little bit more
difficult to graduate in four years so
it's good to try to follow this type of
a plan and your advisors will be
happy to work with you to achieve this
if you're bringing an Advanced Placement
credit this slide shows you the minimum
score is needed and what credit you will
be receiving we typically receive AP
scores from College Board in early July
if you have questions about this consult
your academic advisor if you're bringing
in college level transfer credit you can
look up course equivalencies and banner
self-service just look under the student
tab for course equivalencies then select
your state and institution courses
listed have already been approved for
transfer credit if you see courses to
transfer over as XXX that means that
while they may transfer to ECU you may
need to work with your advisor to get
those re-evaluated by the department to
see if they will count towards your
degree also if you do not see a course
listed it doesn't necessarily mean it
won't transfer it just means that again
you may need to work with your advisor
to get that course reevaluated by the
department always consult your advisor
with questions so how do you know when
we have processed your AP scores or
college transfer credit you should look
in banner self service under the student
tab for student records then select your
academic transcript here is an example
of how ap credit and college level
transfer credit will appear as you can
imagine ECU receives a lot of
transcripts so we ask for your patience
as our admissions and registrar's office
staff work hard to process all of these
if you do not see your transcript
updated by August first please be sure
to reach out to your act
advisor this slide gives you some
information on what you should register
for in the fall you'll notice we have
math 1065 or 1083
or 2171
depending on your math placement now for
the Bachelors of Science degree in
geology we require at least 1065 and it's important to get
that out of the way because chemistry
the required chemistry course for the
bachelor in geology
it has math 1065 or higher as
a prerequisite and we have that
chemistry as a prerequisite for some of
our courses so if you don't get the math
done the first or second semester it has
the potential to put you behind so if
you don't place in the math 1065
you should go ahead and enroll in a
remedial math course it's also
recommended that you take the first
introductory geology course which we
call dynamic Earth
this is geology 1500 and
1501 is the lab and that lays
kind of the foundation for your general
understanding of the science and we
build upon that in future courses now in
addition to that English 1100 is an
important course to get done you also
need Social Sciences humanities Fine
Arts Health 1000 any of these would be
good to sign up for in addition to your
math or and your geology course this
slide shows the SAT and a CT math score
is necessary to place you into math 1065
or higher now again this is very
important to get this out of the way the
first couple of semesters or it may set
you back so if you score too low and
your SAT or a CT as far as the math goes
you're better you're you really should
consider signing up for math 0045
for in-state students or 0001 for
out-of-state students this is remedial
math you need to pass that with a C or
better in order to move the move on to
math 1065
next let's talk about social sciences
you must complete at least nine hours of
social sciences to graduate and two of
those must be from different disciplines
or areas as you can see there are a lot
of options for you to choose from we
offer many courses in African and
african-american studies anthropology
economics ethnic studies gender studies
geography history international studies
linguistics planning political science
psychology and sociology keep in mind
not every course has offered every
semester so you'll need to check banner
self-service for course availability
you'll also notice some courses have GD
or DD listed beside them this means
they also count for your global
diversity or domestic diversity credit
which is also required for graduation
our next categories of Gen Ed. are
humanities and Fine Arts student will
need at least one humanity and at least
one fine art plus an additional humanity
or fine art to complete this graduation
requirement students must take 9 hours
total to graduate the
humanities include courses such as
English literature classical literature
foreign literature history religion and
philosophy the fine arts category
includes art appreciation intro to dance
the enjoyment of music jazz appreciation
and intro to theatre just to name a few
now that you know all of your options it
is time to register use your
registration pin of 082420 which
is the first day of classes to register
for the courses we just discussed
remember to register for your priority
courses first and then fill in the rest
you have plenty of options you can find
step-by-step registration instructions
on many websites including peer the
registrar's website and our academic
advising website listed on our first
slide we also have a page listing
frequent problems you may encounter so
please refer to that if you have any
further questions please email your
academic advisor now
time for some important reminders don't
forget to register for a minimum of 12
hours for full-time billing purposes and
keep in mind that classes that are
closed now may open up later as students
change majors or adjust their schedules
so keep checking banner regularly
throughout the summer
check your ACU email daily and be sure
to explore our academic advising website
for more great resources including links
to your major departments home page and
finally get to know your undergraduate
catalog because your advisor will
provide advice but ultimately you will
be responsible for following the
requirements in that catalog be sure to
follow the virtual orientation schedule
throughout the rest of the summer so you
can learn all about your major and
perhaps even double major opportunities
you'll also learn about the great
resources available to you at ECU
be sure to review your admissions
checklist to make sure you have taken
care of everything and finally always
communicate with your academic advisor
if you have questions or concerns we are
here to help advisors will be assigned
some time after you complete your
orientation and once you register for
classes you can view your advisors name
in pirate port banner or degreeworks if
you have questions please reach out to
dr. David Mallinson
at mallinsond@ecu.edu
have a great rest of your summer and
above all stay safe we look forward to
seeing you in the fall
