Undergraduate Program

The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduate programs prepare students to investigate a wide variety of areas, with a common emphasis on an understanding of interactions between and within different parts of the Earth system. Within our interdisciplinary department, students can specialize in one or more aspects of the Earth system.

We have specific programs of study (majors) in: atmospheric science, earth space/science teaching, and geology and geophysics.

Within the geology and geophysics major, students can select elective courses to focus their study on areas such as basin analysis, biogeochemistry, engineering geology, geochemistry, geomechanics, geomorphology, geophysics, hydrogeology, paleontology, planetary science, sedimentology/stratigraphy, structural geology, and tectonics.

With in the atmospheric science majors students can select elective courses to focus their study on weather forecasting, research, environmental monitoring, and the specialties within those areas.

Through our undergraduate programs, EAS students learn about the earth and atmospheric science phenomena and processes which affect our daily life and prepare for futures that might include working to preserve and enhance our environment, determining the sources of earthquakes and landslides, teaching, investigating the past or the future through plate tectonics or fossil discoveries, or forecasting the weather.

If you are interested in pursuing EAS through the Interdisciplinary Science degree, you can find the plan of study here (PDF).