Academics

Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences (EEOS), BS

B.S. Requirements

 (majors declaring Fall 2010 and after)

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Required:   
MATH 145 (or 140); Calculus I
MATH 146 (or 141); Calculus II
EEOS 120;  Intro to EEOS lecture
EEOS 121; Intro to EEOS lab
EEOS 122; Intro to Policy and Management
EEOS 261; Statistics
EEOS 281; Intro to GIS

Five of the following foundation courses

BIOL  111  General Biology I
BIOL  112  General Biology II + lab    
CHEM 115/117 Chemical Principles I + lab    
CHEM 116/118 Chemical Principles II + lab    
PHYS 107 or 113 Fundamentals of Physics I    
PHYS 108 or 114 Fundamentals of Physics II

For Physics options, labs (PHYS 181 and 182) are not required, but are STRONGLY recommended for those planning on attending graduate school.

For the Physics options, those who are mathematically inclined should consider PHYS113 & PHYS114.      

At least two of the following natural science courses:

EEOS 210 Earth's Dynamic Systems
EEOS 226 Intro to Oceanography
EEOS 260 Global Environmental Change
EEOS 267 Intro to Biological Oceanography

At least one of the following social science courses:

EEOS 270 Economic Geography
EEOS 280 Global Cities & the Environment   

One of the following (Capstone or Research):        

EEOS 476 EEOS Capstone
EEOS 496 Honors Research

 

TRACKS (choose 3 electives)       

Earth and Hydrologic Sciences (EHS)           


EEOS 327 Coastal Geology
EEOS 347 Mineralogy & Petrology
EEOS 302 Geomorphology
EEOS 350 Quantitative Hydrogeology
EEOS 312 Glacial and Quaternary Geology
EEOS 385 Applied Hydrogeology
EEOS 402 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy   

 

Geographic Information Sciences (GIS)  


EEOS 360 Comp & Analytical Cartography 
EEOS 370 Remote Sensing   
EEOS 381 Applications of GIS   
EEOS 383 GISci for Water Res  
EEOS 465 Env Modeling with Raster GIS 
EEOS 472 Programming for Geological Applications 

 

Marine Science (MS)


EEOS 324 Coastal Zone Management
EEOS 327 Coastal Geology 
EEOS 621 Plankton Dynamics   
EEOS 640 Chemistry of Natural Waters