Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.
Second Major for ISP (9 units beyond ISP requirements)
The Integrated Science Program (ISP) is a highly selective program within Weinberg College. Students majoring in ISP who wish to also complete a major in Earth and Planetary Sciences must fulfill the two Core Courses and seven Advanced Studies courses as described below, in addition to the requirements for ISP.
Physics of the Earth for ISP (EARTH 350-0), part of the requirements for the ISP major, may not be waived or skipped by students doing the second major in Earth and Planetary Sciences.
2 Core Courses
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| EARTH 210-0 | Earth Systems Science and Climate Change |
| EARTH 214-0 | Physical Earth Science |
7 Advanced Studies Courses
Any 300-level EARTH course may be applied towards the Advanced Studies requirement (a 400-level course with approval), with a maximum of one unit of EARTH 399-0 (or INTG_SCI 398-0 if associated Earth and Planetary Science research). Within Advanced Studies students must also complete a 4-course Sub-Discipline requirement and 2-course Skills Areas requirement.
Sub-Discipline Requirement (4 courses)
Students must take at least one course from four of the following seven Sub-Disciplines. A course may not be applied to more than one sub-discipline at the same time. Some topic offerings of EARTH 390-0 may be applied to a Sub-Discipline area with department approval, and new courses not yet in this Catalog edition may also be eligible. Refer to Earth and Planetary Science webpage for updates. Recent EARTH 390-0 classes that qualify includes Paleobiology (Geobiology Sub-Discipline).
Earth Materials
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| EARTH 300-0 | Earth and Planetary Materials |
| EARTH 301-0 | Petrology: Evolution of Crustal and Mantle Rocks |
Geochemistry
Seismology
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
Climate/Paleoclimate
Geophysics
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| EARTH 353-0 | Mathematical Inverse Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| EARTH 354-0 | Physics of Rock Deformation in Planetary Interiors |
Geobiology
Skills Areas Requirement (2 courses)
Students must take at least one course from two of the three Skills Areas listed below. No course may be counted for more than one Skills Area at the same time. Some topic offerings of EARTH 390-0 may be applied to a Skill Area with department approval, and new courses not yet in this Catalog edition may also be eligible. Refer to Earth and Planetary Science webpage for updates. Recent EARTH 390-0 classes that qualify include: GIS Level 1 & GIS Level 2 (Spatial Reasoning), and Analytical Techniques in Geochemistry (Analytical/Instrumentation/Field).
Quantitative
Spatial Reasoning
Analytical/Instrumentation/Field
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| EARTH 331-0 | Field Problems in Sedimentary Geology |
| EARTH 360-0 | Instrumentation and Field Methods |