BS Earth and Climate Sciences

The School of Earth and Climate Sciences offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth sciences and a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth sciences with an Earth or climate sciences concentration. The department also offers an Earth and environmental sciences concentration through the B.S. in the ecology and environmental sciences program. Each curriculum is designed to prepare majors for careers in Earth science-related fields, as well as to provide all students with the knowledge to address future environmental challenges. Courses focus on the fundamental physical and chemical processes that shape the surface and interior of our planet today, in the past, and into the future. Specific content areas include climate change, geodynamics (e.g., plate tectonics and mountain-building), marine geology and coastal processes, environmental geology, and Earth materials (e.g., ice, rocks, and minerals).