BS in Environmental Geology
The Environmental Geology major emphasizes breadth and flexibility for students seeking a double major, teaching certification, medical programs, careers in multidisciplinary fields such as environmental law, or a broad-based liberal arts major.
Program Requirements and Policies
- For the bachelor of science degree in Environmental Geology, a total of twelve courses are required.
- Approved related fields science and mathematics courses may replace up to three of the ECS courses above ECS 2 for Arts and Sciences students.
- Engineering students with a double major in environmental geology may use upper-level engineering courses to substitute for up to two of the ECS courses above ECS 4 (previously numbered 2), with prior consent. No more than a total of four ECS courses may be replaced by engineering and related fields courses for engineering students.
- The chemistry and physics courses must be taken with labs.
Course Requirements - Class of 2024 and beyond
The following ECS courses are required:
- ECS 1: Introduction to the Dynamic Earth w/Lab
- ECS 4: Environmental Geology w/Lab (previously ECS 2)
- ECS 32: Geomorphology
- ECS 38: Paleontology & Historical Geology or EOS 52: Paleoclimate
- ECS 42: Sedimentology And Stratigraphy
- Five additional ECS courses.
In addition, students must take the following courses (with labs):
- CHEM 1: Chemical Fundamentals w/Lab or CHEM 11: General Chemistry
- PHY 1: Introduction to Physics I w/Lab or PHY 11: General Physics I w/Lab
Course Requirements - Classes of 2021, 2022, and 2023
The following ECS courses are required:
- Either ECS 1: Introduction to the Dynamic Earth w/Lab or ECS 2: Environmental Geology w/Lab
- Nine additional ECS courses
In addition, students must take the following courses (with labs):
- CHEM 1: Chemical Fundamentals w/Lab or CHEM 11: General Chemistry
- PHY 1: Introduction to Physics I w/Lab or PHY 11: General Physics I w/Lab