earth & environmental sciences
EES

undergraduate options and opportunities

EES major - makes you strong

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers robust degree programs that expose students to fundamentals in the field in the context of a modern earth-systems-science approach. Our programs are aimed at helping you prepare for a wide range of possible career paths in the technical fields of environmental science, geology, and ecology as well as a larger constellation of careers in areas like law, government, and business.

At the undergraduate level, students may choose from a B.A. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences and a B.S. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

If you're interested in acquiring breadth, designing a specialized program, or finding room for a double major, you should consider our flexible B.A. program. This degree is well suited to students with career aspirations in areas such as engineering, environmental law, journalism, economics, government, among many other possibilities. With help from your advisor, the B.A. program can also prepare you for professional careers in research, industry, and education.

If your goal is employment as a professional in any of the earth and environmental sciences, our B.S. degree, while still offering considerable flexibility, provides the more in-depth technical training oten required by graduate schools and many firms.

If you're simply interested in learning more about the natural world and the environment, our creative "gateway level" courses (having course numbers less than 100) offer a way to become acquainted with current thinking and issues in a number of EES disciplines. These courses afford a number of options for completing your natural-science and laboratory-course requirements. Finally, you can use the EES minor to become exposed to critical core coursework in EES while still having great flexibility in customizing your minor program to meet your own interests.

programs

MINOR in EES         B.A. DEGREE in EES         B.S. DEGREE in EES

Combined B.A./B.S. + M.S. Program

Dual CEE - EES B.S Degree