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