Earth and Environmental Sciences Minor

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Program Description

Wright State’s College of Science and Mathematics’ Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences offers a minor in Earth & Environmental Sciences for those students interested in supplementing their existing degree program.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate student at Wright State University with a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Program Learning Outcomes

Earth & Environmental Sciences minors should be able to:

• apply knowledge of earth and environmental sciences

• discuss earth and environmental topics including tectonics, earth materials, formation of the earth, earth history, the hydropshere, the atmosphere, and sustainability

• identify common minerals and rocks

• discuss environmental issues with scientific and lay audiences

• describe earth cycles (e.g., the hydrologic cycle)

For More Information

• https://science-math.wright.edu/earth-and-environmental-sciences

Wright State Core Requirements

Select either the 1000-level series or the 2000-level series (8 credit hours)

• EES 1050 - Dynamic Earth Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 1070 - Sustainable Earth Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 2510 - Earth Systems Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 2550 - Earth History Credit Hour(s): 4

Required courses

Select a minimum of 12 credit hours from 3000-level and above or other courses by EES Departmental approval.

• EES 3120 - Earth Materials Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 3160 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 3160L - Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0
• EES 3250 - Climate Change Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 3680 - Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 3700 - HAZWOPER Refresher Credit Hour(s): 1
• EES 4190 - Paleobiology Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 4190L - Paleobiology Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0
• EES 4210 - Structural Geology and Tectonics Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 4220 - Introduction to Geophysics Credit Hour(s): 4
• EES 4240 - Oceanography Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4270 - Process Geomorphology Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4310 - Quality Assurance of Environmental Analysis Credit Hour(s): .5
• EES 4320 - Environmental Microbiology Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4330 - Global Biogeochemical Cycles Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4340 - Mapping Methods Credit Hour(s): 2
• EES 4350 - Field Mapping Credit Hour(s): 2
• EES 4360 - Environmental Field Techniques Credit Hour(s): 2
• EES 4460 - Sequence Stratigraphy Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4510 - Effective Scientific Communication Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4540 - Subsurface Fluid Flow Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4540L - Subsurface Fluid Flow Laboratory Credit Hour(s): 0
• EES 4560 - Groundwater Contamination Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4570 - Site Remediation and Management Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4620 - Environmental Toxicology Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4680 - Environmental Law for Scientists Credit Hour(s): 3
• EES 4750 - Biological Safety Credit Hour(s): 2
• EES 4780 - Environmental Sciences Seminar Credit Hour(s): 1