The increasing demands that population growth and affluence put on the natural resources and the Earth’s environment require greater numbers of trained professionals and informed citizens. The BS degree in Environmental Geosciences embraces all the disciplines of geosciences to give the student a rigorous interdisciplinary education including issues associated with environmental policy. The degree trains students for employment by industry, environmental and engineering consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, and governmental regulatory agencies, among other entities. Students focus coursework in a particular environmental theme: coastal and marine environments, water, human impact on the environment, climate change, or biosphere.

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The graduation requirements include three hours of international and cultural diversity courses and three hours of cultural discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. See academic advisor.

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Select one introductory course in the first semester and an additional one in the second semester of the sophomore year. Seek guidance from the academic advisor for Environmental Programs in Geosciences (ENVP) or your faculty mentor.

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STAT 211 is recommended for the Coastal and Marine Environment Theme.

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PHYS 206 and PHYS 226 is recommended for the Coastal and Marine Environment Theme. 

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Select 18 hours of theme courses in your junior and senior years in consultation with your academic advisor or faculty mentor from the list below.

Internship courses can be taken for up to 6 credits and will normally be used as an adjustment to theme electives, but depending on the content of the internship credit, it can be applied as an adjustment to your technical electives or policy electives. Seek guidance from the ENVP academic advisor.

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Other courses which match the Environmental Programs’ technical electives definition will be allowed by adjustment. Guidance about technical electives (including the definition used by the Environmental Programs in Geosciences) can be found on the programs’ website. Seek guidance about choices from the ENVP academic advisor or faculty mentor.

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GEOG 390 is a required technical elective. 

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Seek guidance about choices from the ENVP academic advisor or faculty mentor.

Two courses in the degree plan must be writing intensive courses designated by the Environmental Programs in the schedule of classes. Also, international and cultural diversity electives (3 hours) and cultural discourse electives (3 hours) must be incorporated into the degree.