The Earth System Science program prepares our students for the demands and challenges of interdisciplinary careers and/or graduate studies in the geosciences. The option will emphasize using modern quantitative and analytical skills for exploring multi-disciplinary problems in a collaborative environment.
General Education 32
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.
MATH 1054: A student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free electives instead of MATH 1054 to total 120 credits.
Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19
Humanities 9
ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Psychology | 3 |
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 7
BIO 1000: Course required by Major.
Additional Required Courses 26
CHEM 1083: A grade of C or better is required to advance to CHEM 1084.
Academic Major 54
All Major courses requires a grade of C or better.
Major Required Courses 39
| ENV 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| ENV 3100 | PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE | 4 |
| ES 1101 | INTRODUCTION TO EARTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS | 4 |
| ES 1200 | INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY | 4 |
| ES 1300 | INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY | 4 |
| ES 2101 | GEO-HYDRO SYSTEMS | 4 |
| ES 2400 | INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 4 |
| ES 3010 | DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING IN GEOSCIENCE | 4 |
| ES 3200 | GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS IN GEOSCIENCE | 4 |
| ES 4200 | REMOTE SENSING | 4 |
Program Focus-Related Electives 12
To be selected with advisement from approved program list maintained in the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and in consultation with the Program Coordinator with at least half of the credits at the 3000-4000 level. If the course is taken as a Major Elective, it cannot be counted as a General Education course.
Note: ES 1996 (Optional) Research Initiative for First Year Students and ES 3171, ES 3172 or ES 3173 Internship courses can be applied in this area.
Free Electives 8
(50% of free electives must be at the 3000-4000 level)