Major in Earth and Space Sciences
| Introduction The field of earth and space sciences is a broadly based multidisciplinary science combining geology, astronomy, atmospheric science and marine science. The major in earth and space sciences leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree and is a diversified program in the natural sciences and mathematics aimed at fostering a basic understanding of the earth and space sciences; it also includes concentrated study in any one of the natural sciences or mathematics or interdisciplinary studies in environmental geoscience. |
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The Earth and Space Sciences major has two programs of study. Programs of Study
Click here for an overview of the requirements for both programs of study. |
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News & Announcements
Professor Scott McLennan on NASA team that finds new evidence for water at Mars crater
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