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.
A total of six courses are required (one or two introductory classes and four or five electives):
Required introductory courses (choose one or both):
- EES 101 Introduction to Geological Sciences
- EES 103 Introduction to Environmental Science
Choose four or five elective courses from the following list:
- EES 105 Introduction to Climate Change
- EES 201 Evolution of the Earth
- EES 202Q Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain Ranges in California: A Field Quest
- EES 203 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- EES 204 Mineralogy
- EES 208 Structural Geology
- EES 211 Geohazards and Their Mitigation: Living on an Active Planet
- EES 213 Physical Hydrology
- EES 215 Environmental and Applied Geophysics (EES 205 Solid Earth Geophysics acceptable substitute)
- EES 216 Environmental Geochemistry
- EES 218 Atmospheric Geochemistry
- EES 219 Energy and Society
- EES 222 Energy Resources
- EES 252 Marine Geology