Dr. Rene DeHon, Geology instructor

Texas State’s undergraduate minor program in Geology has moved from the Department of Biology to the Department of Geography. With the move have come a new Geology instructor, newly remodeled space, and new program requirements. 

The new instructor, Dr. Rene DeHon, obtained his PhD in Geology and Geochemistry from Texas Tech University in 1970. After holding teaching positions at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and the University of Arkansas at Monticello, DeHon joined the faculty at the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1977, where he taught for more than 28 years, rising to the rank of full professor. He retired from Monroe in December 2005. During his career, he taught a wide range of Geology courses and published some 40 scholarly works. Dr. Phillip Suckling, Chair of the Department of Geography, said, “We are delighted that Dr. DeHon has come out of retirement to join us a Senior Lecturer with teaching responsibilities for the Geology minor here at Texas State.”

This fall, Geology labs are continuing to be taught in Centennial Hall while rooms in Evans Liberal Arts are remodeled to house a Geology teaching lab and a microscope teaching lab for advanced Geology courses.  All remodeling will be completed by January 2008. Lectures are currently being taught in Evans.

New requirements for the Geology minor were implemented at the beginning of Fall 2007, as follows:

Required (12 hours):                  GEOL 1410 (Physical Geology)

                                                GEOL 1420 (Historical Geology)

                                                GEOL 2410 (Mineralogy)

Electives (7 hours from):           ANTH 3375W (Geoarchaeology)

                                                GEO 3325 (Geomorphology)

                                                GEO 4325 (Fluvial Processes)

                                                GEOL 3410 (Sedimentation and Stratigraphy

                                                GEOL 3430 (Structural Geology)

                                                GEOL 3440 (Paleontology and Biostratigraphy)

                                                GEOL 4121 (Directed Study)

                                                GEOL 4320 (Field Studies)

                                                GEOL 4330 (Applied Geology)

                                                GEOL 4421 (Hydrogeology)

More information about the Geology minor is available by contacting Dr. Rene DeHon, (512) 245-7461 or dehon@txstate.edu.