Earth and Environmental Geoscience, B.A.

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Earth and Environmental Geoscience offers a highly relevant, integrative, scientific avenue of study for managing our interactions with the environment, providing adequate resources, ensuring the safety of the built environment in the face of natural hazards, and solving the complex history of earth and its continuing evolution. We make extensive use of the extraordinary geology of the Appalachians and other locales around the globe, including Iceland, the Colorado Plateau, Hawai’i, Belize, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Greece. We offer many research opportunities using scientific computing, field programs, laboratory analyses, and GIS mapping.

Core Requirement

Complete the following course:

EEG 200 - Building a Planet

200-Level Laboratory Courses

Choose at least three courses (twelve credits) in 200-level EEG laboratory courses.

300-Level Courses

Choose at least two EEG courses (6-8 credits) in 300-level (excluding EEG 390 and EEG 395 ).

Earth and Environmental Geoscience Electives

Choose additional EEG courses at the 100, 200, or 300-level to reach the 28 credit EEG requirement. Only one 100-level EEG laboratory course may count toward the major.

Electives

Choose additional credits from the following list to reach the total 36 credit hours required:

EEG (any level, excluding summer research credits);
ENGN 178 or higher;
MATH 102 or higher;
BIOL 105 or higher;
CHEM 110 or higher;
CSCI 111 or higher;
PHYS 111 or higher;
ECON 203 ;
or one of BUS 202 , CBSC 250 , ECON 202 , POL 202 , SOAN 218 .

Capstone

Complete the following course:

EEG 390 - Geoscience Senior Seminar Workshop: Crafting Portfolios

Portfolio

Complete a capstone portfolio of coursework.

Total Major Requirements 36 Credits

Total of 36 credits with at least 28 credits in Earth and Environmental Geoscience courses.