This minor is designed to expand students' understanding of the physical, biological, and chemical processes that shape the oceans. Through a range of courses, students apply core principles from chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science, ecology, physics, and mathematics to explore ocean systems and their interactions with the land, Earth's crust, and atmosphere.
Required Courses
One of:
- EAS 1600 Introduction to Environmental Science (3-1-4) Fall, Spring, Summer
- EAS 1601 Habitable Planet (3-1-4) Fall, Spring, Summer
- EAS 2600 Earth Processes (3-1-4) Fall, Spring, Summer
And:
Choose 8 credit hours (6 MUST be 3000 level or above):
- EAS 4220 Environmental Geochemistry (3-0-3) Fall
- EAS 4350 Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography (3-0-3) Fall
- EAS 4410 Climate and Global Change (3-0-3) Fall
- EAS 4420 Environmental Field Methods (3-1-4) Spring
- EAS 4480 Environmental Data Analysis (3-0-3) Spring
- EAS 4610 Earth System Modeling (3-0-3) Fall
- EAS 4655 Atmospheric Dynamics (3-0-3) Fall
- EAS 4699 Undergraduate Research (max 3 credit hours toward minor) (3-0-3)
- *EAS 4803 Special Topics – If approved in advance by the EAS Undergraduate Advisors
- BIOL 4221 Biological Oceanography (3-0-3) Spring
- BIOL 4417 Marine Ecology (3-0-3) Spring