Environmental Science Major
As a major in environmental science, you are encouraged to delve deeply into the interdisciplinary study of critical environmental topics. Your understanding of environmental science is fostered both by a broad base of coursework across the natural sciences and by the unique perspective earth science provides on the context and complexity of environmental systems. This major is housed in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences.
sample courses:
This course is designed for undergraduate majors and minors in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences to master fundamentals of mineralogy and their context within sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks, including an introduction to mineral resources and the role of minerals and mineral resources in current environmental issues. The course will provide fundamentals of mineralogy and crystallography, important mineral groups, and foundations of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock systems. It will provide an overview and lab demo of the modern analytical methods used in mineralogy. The course includes lecture (three hours per week) and a lab component (two hours per week).
Basic concepts regarding the forces that act upon the Earth, how geological materials react to these forces, and the time scale over which they respond. Emphasis on physical concepts needed to understand the geodynamical behavior of the Earth over a broad range of length and time scales. Application and interpretation of geophysical methods to probe the interior of the Earth. Prerequisite: EEPS 202 (may be taken concurrently) and Phys 191. Three class hours and one two-hour laboratory a week.
our students have gone on to become:
Environmental Consultants
Environmental Lawyers
GIS Specialists/ Pollution Remediators
Planetary Scientists
Government Scientists (E.P.A., NASA, Fish & Wildlife Service, etc)
Urban Planners
