The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences aims to foster
the intellectual development of its students within a geological
perspective, and to prepare them to evaluate critical contemporary
issues and problems relating to the earth's physical environment. For
anyone contemplating graduate studies and a professional career in
geology, certain ancillary courses are required and others strongly
recommended.
Geology majors may (A) choose a traditional
curriculum, (B) design their own curriculum, or (C) select an
environmental geology track curriculum. These curricula may serve as a
preparation for graduate studies or a career in the petroleum or mining
industries, environmental geology, oceanology, land-use planning,
teaching, business, and law.
Environmental geology also offers
graduate studies in several areas of geology; it is possible to obtain
the B.A. (or B.S. as an option) and M.S. degrees in five years.
