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Investigate Environmental Issues
The Environmental Earth Science, B.S. program integrates the physical and life sciences to provide a comprehensive understanding of Earth’s environmental systems. This interdisciplinary degree explores geology, ecology, hydrology, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry to examine how natural processes and human activities shape our planet.
As an Environmental Earth Science major, you’ll gain hands-on experience through research and fieldwork while developing the skills to analyze environmental challenges, address climate change, manage natural resources, and inform environmental policy. Graduates are prepared for careers in environmental consulting, sustainability, conservation, resource management, and advanced study in Earth and environmental sciences.
Curriculum and Courses
The degree includes a core of introductory geosciences, environmental science, hydrogeology, and geomorphology, or sedimentology/stratigraphy. Required electives include a wide array of our upper-level courses that address environmental themes, teach tools of environmental science, or are otherwise cross-disciplinary by nature.
Several of the courses are listed below. Note that a field experience is required.
- GLG 121 Environmental Geology
- GLG 204 Survival on an Evolving Planet
- GLG 408 Introduction to Hydrogeology
- GLG 419 Geology of Streams
- GEO 271 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation
Environmental Earth Science, B.S. Learning Outcomes
- Define and properly use the principal specialized terms and concepts employed in the geosciences;
- Demonstrate proficiency with the use of tools, technologies, and methods common to the geosciences;
- Communicate effectively to specialists and non-specialists;
- Demonstrate quantitative literacy;
- Demonstrate proficiency with the application of the scientific method to geoscience problem-solving
I am very passionate about the environment and helping solve environmental or sustainability issues so I wanted to do something in that field and I thought another major of data analytics would be useful for solving problems in the real world.
Anna Roderick ’26
From the start of my first semester, I got involved doing research in the Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science. Most of my research has been involved on how deep wastewater injection can cause earthquakes here in Ohio. I’ve been able to present posters and papers over a dozen times, both locally, at the Undergraduate Research Forum, and nationally, including annual meetings of the Seismological Society of America, on Capitol Hill, and at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
Max Leveridge ’18
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Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
513-529-2531
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Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science
Todd Dupont, Ph.D.
Lead Departmental Advisor
Shideler Hall 113
250 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056
geology@MiamiOH.edu
513-529-9734