Do you want to climb active volcanoes, sail around Antarctica, travel the world’s oceans, explore outer space, help the global environment, join geophysical expeditions, learn advanced laboratory skills, study the Earth’s deep interior and gain valuable job experience? Explore these opportunities with a degree in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science.
We offer undergraduate majors in Geoscience, Environmental Earth Science, and Planetary Science, interdisciplinary majors in Environmental Science, and a minor that provides a solid introduction to the broad field of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences.
Students have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in faculty labs, and pursue exciting careers in the environment, energy, government, education and academia. We teach skills that prepare students to address the challenges of the 21st Century in the geosciences, environmental sciences, space exploration and more.