May 24, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Geology


Department of Geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Chair: Brian Phillips
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Hanna Nekvasil
Major Advisor: Marine Frouin, Marine.Frouin@stonybrook.edu
 
Office: 255 Earth and Space Sciences
Phone: (631) 632-8200

Minor Requirements


For students majoring in other areas who are interested in obtaining a fundamental understanding of the earth sciences, a minor concentration in Geology is available. The Geology minor acquaints students with earth materials, the origin and evolution of life on earth, and physical processes that have shaped the earth through time.

Students majoring in Earth and Space Sciences may declare the Geology Minor. However, these students cannot also follow a Geology concentration for the Earth and Space Sciences Major.

All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Completion of the minor requires 20 credits.

Geology