The Earth Sciences are concerned with the physical and chemical characteristics
of minerals, rocks, ice and water, with their occurrence, arrangement, and surface
expression, and with the history of Earth and its inhabitants. The curriculum
provides for a basic understanding of the earth sciences and is sufficiently flexible
to allow students with interests in environmental geology, geochemistry, geophysics,
paleontology, and oceanography to pursue additional courses in appropriate ancillary
sciences.
The Department of Earth Sciences offers a wide variety of courses for the undergraduate
non-major who is looking for interesting courses to satisfy the general education
science requirements (basic and applied or applications) and the population and
the environment requirement and/or who has an interest in earth sciences, ecology
and environmental sciences, global change, and the environment. Additionally,
several introductory level courses are supportive of other undergraduate majors
such as Civil and Environmental Engineering, Spatial Information Engineering,
Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Science Education, Anthropology, and Plant,
Soil and Environmental Sciences. Introductory level courses are: ERS 100, ERS
101, ERS 102, ERS 103, ERS 104, ERS 109, ERS 110, ERS 121 and ERS 140. ERS courses
at the 1xx level may not be counted as upper level electives for majors in the
Earth Sciences. Electives in the major must be ERS 3xx or higher.
A BS Earth Sciences graduate is prepared to enter directly into industry or survey
work, or to enter graduate school in geological sciences. In addition, if BIO
204, CHY 251/252, CHY 253/254 and BIO 100 are taken, the entrance requirements
for medical or dental schools are met.
The concentration in Environmental Geology
The requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree include: ERS 101 or 102 or
106; ERS 314, ERS 315, ERS 330, ERS 333, ERS 416, ERS 417, ERS 456 and one elective
geological sciences course above 1XX, MAT 126/127, MAT 232, CHY 121 and 122 (plus
laboratory courses CHY 123 and 124), PHY 111/112 or 121/122, and COS 120 or COS
215 or COS 220. An approved summer field course or SIE 271 or FTY 480 is required
between the junior and senior years. A concentration in Environmental Geology
is possible in both the BA and BS degrees.
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