Earth and Planetary Sciences Second Major for ISP Students
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 Student Requirements (5 units beyond ISP requirements):
The Integrated Science Program (ISP) is a highly selective program within Weinberg College. Students majoring in ISP who wish also to complete a major in Earth and Planetary Sciences must fulfill the following requirements (which replace the usual major requirements of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Major):
- EARTH 350-0 Physics of the Earth for ISP must be completed as a course in the ISP major (no substitutions).
- EARTH 201-0 Earth Systems Revealed
- Three 300-level EARTH courses (excluding EARTH 399-0), including at least one from the Analytical/Instrumentation/Field or Spatial Reasoning Skills Requirement lists on the Earth and Planetary Sciences Major page
- One additional 300-level or 400-level EARTH course, or EARTH 399-0 Independent Study