Curriculum

You will gain the quantitative and data science skills needed for a career in environmental sciences through the required courses, Foundations of Environmental Data Science I and 2. These courses will provide a foundation in different types of environmental data, data analysis, data collection instrumentation, and advanced data science topics such as machine learning with a specific focus on environmental problems.

You will choose six electives from a variety of courses, including up to two from other departments, which will allow you to build expertise in a specialized area such as climate science, biogeochemistry, ecology, and environmental policy. 

Your experience will culminate in a project-based capstone focused on real-world problems developed in consultation with field-defining faculty in our department.

Students with limited computational background can take advantage of coding bootcamps offered in September.


Required Courses

Foundations of Environmental Data Science I

Foundations of Environmental Data Science II

Capstone in Environmental Science


 

Current Electives

GEOS31000 Mineralogy

GEOS31005 Mineral Science

GEOS32060 What Makes a Planet Habitable?

GEOS32200 Geochronology

GEOS32700 Analytical Techniques in Geochemistry

GEOS33205 Introductory Glaciology

GEOS33600 Chemical Oceanography

GEOS33800 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

GEOS33850 Low Temperature Geochemistry

GEOS33900 Environmental Chemistry

GEOS34220 Climate Foundations

GEOS34230 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Foundations

GEOS34240 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Rotation & Stratification

GEOS34250 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Understanding the Motions of the Atmosphere & Oceans

GEOS34300 Paleoclimatology

GEOS34550 Ocean Circulation

GEOS34600 Intro to Atmosphere, Ocean, & Climate Modeling

GEOS34705 Energy: Science, Technology, & Human Usage

GEOS34800 Climate Systems Engineering

GEOS35400 Intro to Numerical Techniques for Geophysical Sciences

GEOS36600 Geobiology

GEOS36650 Environmental Microbiology

GEOS36700 Taphonomy

GEOS36905 Topics in Conservation Paleobiology

GEOS38000 Intro to Structural Geology

GEOS38300 Time in Stratigraphy

GEOS28600 Earth & Planetary Surface Processes

GEOS39002 Field Course in Ancient & Modern Environments

Courses in other departments may include but are not limited to: Statistics, Molecular Engineering, Chemistry, Ecology & Evolution