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.

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