Economic Geology Minor 
                        
                                                
                                                School of Earth Sciences                                     www.earthsciences.osu.edu 
              An Economic Geology 
                                                275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall  
              complements many majors, 
                        
              such as:                          
                        
                  Chemistry                      Enhance 
                         
                  Chemical Engineering           your degree 
                  Materials Science & 
                  Engineering 
                                                         
                  Natural Resources              with an 
                  Civil & Environmental 
                  Engineering                    Economic 
                  Physics                        Geology 
                  Engineering Physics 
                  International Business         minor 
                  Marketing 
                  Operations Management 
                                                 An Economic Geology minor through the             With this minor, students will have critical 
                                                 School of Earth Sciences will supplement your     knowledge and hands-on experience to 
                                                 B.S. or B.A. degree in almost any field of        participate successfully in many public, private 
                                                 science, engineering, or business.                and international career opportunities such as: 
                                                 The minor consists of one prerequisite course          Government research 
                                                 plus 20–25 hours of course work, forming a             Homeland security 
                                                 coherent program. The defined minor is 
              Courses available for              described below, but other courses can be              Environmental consulting 
              the minor:                         substituted with departmental permission.              Oil and natural gas exploration & 
                                                                                                        production 
                  Mineralogy and                                                                        International business 
                  Crystallography 
                                                 For more information, contact:                         Precious and industrial mineral 
                  Introductory                                                                          exploration, mining, and processing 
                  Petrology                      Dr. Anne E. Carey 
                                                 Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences          Renewable and alternative energy 
                                                 carey.145@osu.edu                                      resources 
                  Geology of 
                  Mineral Deposits                                                                      Education 
                  Microscopy of 
                  Opaque Minerals 
                  General and                    Economic Geology Coursework 
                  Economic 
                  Geology of 
                  Selected Areas                 Prerequisite course                               Additional courses (choose 5 or more hours) 
                                                 EARTH SCI 121 Dynamic Earth (5)                   EARTH SCI 624 Microscopy of Opaque Minerals (3) 
                                                 Required courses                                  EARTH SCI 670 General and Economic Geology of 
                                                                                                                 Selected Areas (3,5) 
                                                 EARTH SCI 421 Introductory Mineralogy and 
                                                               Crystallography (5) 
                                                 EARTH SCI 423 Introductory Petrology (5) 
                                                 EARTH Sci 660 Geology of Mineral Deposits