Earth and Environmental Sciences

Minor in Environmental Geology

The environmental geology minor is intended especially for natural-science and social-science concentrators who are planning on further study or employment in environmental fields.

Requirements

Six courses are required (three specified and three electives).

  • EES 101. Introduction to Geological Sciences
  • EES 103. Introduction to Environmental Science
  • EES 215. Environmental and Applied Geophysics
  • Choose three courses from the following list:
    • EES 201. Evolution of the Earth
    • EES 203. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
    • EES 204. Mineralogy
    • EES 208. Structural Geology
    • EES 211. Earthquake and Volcanic Hazards: Living on an Active Planet
    • EES 217. Physical and Chemical Hydrology
    • EES 218. Chemistry of Global Change
    • EES 219. Energy and Mineral Resources