Earth Sciences Certificate Program
Department of Earth Sciences | Faculty of Science
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program provides both part-time and full-time students with the opportunity to understand the fundamentals of earth sciences without necessarily specializing in earth sciences.
Program Requirements
This certificate requires completion of at least 23 units of required course work and electives as follows, including one of
- EASC 101-3 Physical Geology
- GEOG 111-3 Earth Systems
and one of
- EASC 106-3 Earth Through Time
- EASC 210-3 Historical Geology
and
- EASC 206-2 Field Geology I
and at least 15 units selected from
- EASC 103-3 The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- EASC 104-3 Geohazards 鈥� Earth in Turmoil
- EASC 107-3 Economic Geological Resources
- GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology
- REM 100-3 Global Change
and any other 200, 300 or 400 division EASC course.
This certificate allows students to pursue their 15 elective units in specific course concentrations. Some suggested electives grouping are as follows.
Environmental Focus
- EASC 104-3 Geohazards 鈥� Earth in Turmoil
- EASC 107-3 Economic Geological Resources
- EASC 208-3 Introduction to Geochemistry
- EASC 303-3 Environmental Geoscience
- EASC 304-3 Hydrogeology
- REM 100-3 Global Change
General Earth Sciences Breadth Courses
- EASC 103-3 The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- EASC 104-3 Geohazards 鈥� Earth in Turmoil
- EASC 107-3 Economic Geological Resources
- REM 100-3 Global Change
Geology Focus
- EASC 201-3 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
- EASC 202-3 Introduction to Mineralogy
- EASC 204-3 Structural Geology I
- EASC 208-3 Introduction to Geochemistry
Hazards Focus
- EASC 104-3 Geohazards 鈥� Earth in Turmoil
- EASC 303-3 Environmental Geoscience
- EASC 207-3 Introduction to Geophysics
- GEOG 213-3 Introduction to Geomorphology
Paleontology Focus
- EASC 103-3 The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- EASC 201-3 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
- EASC 210-3 Historical Geology
- EASC 310-3 Paleontology