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2024-2025 Catalog

Earth Science (B.S.)

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Major Requirements:

CLM 244 - Understanding Climate Change 4 Credits
GSC 120 - Physical Geology 4 Credits
GSC 498 - Senior Seminar in Geoscience 2 Credits
MTH 107 - Statistical Concepts and Analysis 4 Credits
One additional MTH course at 200 level or higher 4 Credits

Two of the following:

CPS 220 - Computer Science 4 Credits
GIS 201 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 Credits
GIS 301 - Intermediate GIS Applications 4 Credits
MTH 340 - Statistical Data Science 4 Credits

One of the following:

PHL 226 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credits
PHL 262 - Environmental Philosophy 3 Credits
PHL 280 - Nature & Technology 3 Credits
SCD 328 - Globalization and the Environment 3 Credits

Complete one of the following emphases:

Geology Emphasis:

CHM 110 - General Chemistry 4 Credits
One additional CHM course 200 level or higher 4 Credits
GSC 222 - Sediments and Soils 4 Credits
GSC 233 - Earth Resources 4 Credits
GSC 240 - Natural Hazards 4 Credits
GSC 320 - Geomorphology 4 Credits

One of the following:

BIO 473 - Limnology 4 Credits
CHM 210 - Chemistry of Natural Waters 4 Credits
CHM 212 - Water Quality Lab Techniques 4 Credits
GSC 264 - Water Resources and Policy 3 Credits
GSC 282 - Techniques in Freshwater Science 4 Credits
GSC 305 - Hydrology 4 Credits
GSC 406 - Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry 4 Credits

One of the following:

GSC 482 - Wyoming Geology Field Camp 4 Credits
GSC 483 - Great Lakes Geology Field Camp 4 Credits

One of the following:

GSC 312 - Paleoclimate: Past as Prologue 4 Credits
GSC 370 - Glacial Geology 4 Credits
GSC 474 - Tectonics and Structural Geology 4 Credits

Water Science Emphasis:

BIO 473 - Limnology 4 Credits
CHM 110 - General Chemistry 4 Credits
One additional CHM 200 course 200 level or higher 4 Credits
GSC 282 - Techniques in Freshwater Science 4 Credits
GSC 305 - Hydrology 4 Credits
GSC 406 - Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry 4 Credits

One of the following:

CHM 210 - Chemistry of Natural Waters 4 Credits
CHM 212 - Water Quality Lab Techniques 4 Credits

One of the following:

GSC 264 - Water Resources and Policy 3 Credits
IDS 248 - Great Lakes Water Wars 3 Credits

One of the following:

BIO 225 - Aquatic Invertebrates 4 Credits
BIO 242 - Ichthyology 4 Credits
NRS 358 - Wetlands 4 Credits

Climate Science Emphasis:

CHM 326 - Atmospheric Chemistry 4 Credits
CLM 125 - Introduction to Climate Science 4 Credits
CLM 246 - Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation 4 Credits
CLM 364 - Land-Atmosphere Interactions 4 Credits
CLM 386 - Monitoring Climate Change 4 Credits
CLM 467 - Atmospheric Physics 3 Credits
GSC 312 - Paleoclimate: Past as Prologue 4 Credits
SCD 160 - Renewable Energy & Sustainable Design 3 Credits

One of the following:

SCD 335 - Organizing Communities 3 Credits
SCD 342 - Policy and Econ of Climate Change 3 Credits
SOC 242 - Sociology of the Environment 3 Credits

One of the following:

CLM 260 - Regional Climate Change Solutions 3 Credits
NRS 345 - Ecological Restoration 4 Credits
NRS 358 - Wetlands 4 Credits

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