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GEOL

University of South Carolina-Columbia
17,260 grades37 courses30 professors26 terms

Department inferred from the subject code on each course. University of South Carolina-Columbia does not publish a department field with its grade records.

3.48
average GPA across 17,260 grades
+1% vs. University of South Carolina-Columbia overall (3.43)
87%
A or B
of 17,260 grades
6.9%
D, F or withdrew
of 17,690 enrolled
A62.8%
B23.9%
Every term against the 3.48 department average 26 terms
Summer 2017Spring 2026
Most taken
GEOL 101
Introduction to the Earth
3.36
8,296 grades
−3% vs. dept
GEOL 110
Cultural Geology
3.66
6,111 grades
+5% vs. dept
GEOL 170
The Water Planet
3.34
656 grades
−4% vs. dept
GEOL 103
Environment of the Earth
3.15
451 grades
−9% vs. dept
GEOL 215
Coastal Envr of the SE US
3.62
318 grades
+4% vs. dept
GEOL 305
Earth Systems through Time
3.52
225 grades
+1% vs. dept
GEOL 201
Observing the Earth
3.56
177 grades
+2% vs. dept
GEOL 315
Surface & Near Surface Process
3.28
158 grades
−6% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 37
100 level4200 level4300 level9400 level2500 level12600 level1700 level5
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level4 courses
GEOL 101 · Introduction to the Earth
3.36 −3% vs. dept 8,296
GEOL 103 · Environment of the Earth
3.15 −9% vs. dept 451
GEOL 110 · Cultural Geology
3.66 +5% vs. dept 6,111
GEOL 170 · The Water Planet
3.34 −4% vs. dept 656
200 level4 courses
GEOL 201 · Observing the Earth
3.56 +2% vs. dept 177
GEOL 205 · Earth Resources
3.70 +7% vs. dept 23
GEOL 215 · Coastal Envr of the SE US
3.62 +4% vs. dept 318
GEOL 215L · Coastal Envr of the SE US Lab
3.69 +6% vs. dept 27
300 level9 courses
GEOL 302 · Rocks and Minerals
3.05 −12% vs. dept 120
GEOL 305 · Earth Systems through Time
3.52 +1% vs. dept 225
GEOL 310 · Surface & Subsurface Hydro
3.59 +3% vs. dept 27
GEOL 315 · Surface & Near Surface Process
3.28 −6% vs. dept 158
GEOL 325 · Stratigraphy & Sedimentary Bsn
3.51 +1% vs. dept 81
GEOL 335 · Processes of Global Envr Chg
3.60 +3% vs. dept 144
GEOL 345 · Igneous & Metamorph Proc
3.26 −6% vs. dept 65
GEOL 355 · Structural Geol & Tectonics
3.34 −4% vs. dept 80
GEOL 399 · Independent Study
3.59 +3% vs. dept 34
400 level2 courses
GEOL 498 · Undergraduate Research
2.81 −19% vs. dept 14
GEOL 499 · Undergraduate Research
4.00 +15% vs. dept 3
500 level12 courses
GEOL 500 · Field Geology
3.41 −2% vs. dept 83
GEOL 521 · Introduction to Geochemistry
3.86 +11% vs. dept 12
GEOL 524 · Envr Radioisotope Geochemistry
3.60 +4% vs. dept 7
GEOL 545 · Geological Oceanography
4.00 +15% vs. dept 7
GEOL 548 · Environmental Geophysics
3.88 +12% vs. dept 14
GEOL 554 · Applied Seismology
3.94 +13% vs. dept 11
GEOL 555 · Elementary Seismology
3.66 +5% vs. dept 14
GEOL 556 · Seismic Reflection Intrprtn
3.83 +10% vs. dept 14
GEOL 560 · Earth Resource Management
3.83 +10% vs. dept 24
GEOL 570 · Environmental Hydrogeology
3.39 −2% vs. dept 11
GEOL 575 · Numerical Model Earth Sci Appl
3.78 +9% vs. dept 11
GEOL 579 · Air-Sea Interaction
3.43 −1% vs. dept 3
600 level1 course
GEOL 699 · Senior Thesis
1.65 −53% vs. dept 2
700 level5 courses
GEOL 715 · Stable Isotope Geochemistry
3.94 +13% vs. dept 11
GEOL 735 · Regional Tectonics
4.00 +15% vs. dept 8
GEOL 764 · Seismic Reflection Interprtn
3.86 +11% vs. dept 5
GEOL 765 · Exploration Seismology
4.00 +15% vs. dept 8
GEOL 790 · Directed Ind Studies Geology
4.00 +15% vs. dept 5
2 more GEOL courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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