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 EOS courses above ECS 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
  • ECS 131: Groundwater or ECS 133: Field Methods in Hydrogeology
  • Four 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