GEOSBS - Geosciences

Bachelor of Science

College of Science

Undergraduate

- Be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Teamwork and leadership
- The basic structure of the Earth, and how this structure is known
- Theories for the origin of the Earth
- Be able to access information through traditional and new technologies
- Teaching and assisting others in learning
- Major events in the evolution of the Earth;M ain events in the evolution of life on Earth
- Be able to critically evaluate information from multiple perspectives
- Involvement in campus and community service
- Understand the process of scientific inquiry
- Involvement in research
- The fundamentals of plate tectonics
- Exposure to career options and opportunities
- Understand the relationship of Geosciences to other areas of science and to society in general
- The main classes of minerals
- The nature and origin of each of the main types of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks
- The nature and distribution of sedimentary environments on Earth
- The nature and significance of structures, such as folds, faults, and joints
- The first-order processes that shape the surface of the Earth (e.g., rivers, glaciers, mass wasting, wind, weathering, erosion)
- The nature and origin of mineral and hydrocarbon resources on Earth
- The possible linkages between human activities and our physical environment (e.g., global climate change).