This certificate is designed for students who have an interest in the environmental aspects of the geosciences. Students who would benefit from this certificate are: individuals who hold an ...

Faculty as Change Agents: Transforming Geoscience Education in Two-year Colleges (http://serc.carleton.edu/ sage2yc/index.html) Geoscience Education Research ...

"Why do we study geosciences?” Heather Macdonald asked her audience at the Robert Foster Cherry Lecture. She then ran down a list of timely geoscience topics, including hurricanes, earthquakes, ...

An undergraduate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will develop a program in one of two majors: Environmental Geoscience or Geological Sciences. Within the requirements discussed ...

An ad hoc committee planned and conducedt a 2 day public workshop that explored how service-learning is being used in geoscience education, the potential benefits, and the strength of the evidence ...

This course highlights the role of geology in engineering projects. Topics covered: minerals; rocks; surficial deposits; rocks and soils as engineering materials; distribution of rocks at and below ...

Courses in Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, and Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology should also be completed prior to the start ...

Geology majors tend to have a few common traits. They are curious about how our planet works, they want to study a rigorous science, and they want a challenging career that is relevant to society.

The GES department is based in the A. Paul Schaap Science Center, which houses laboratory space, workshops, specimens, equipment and classrooms — but that's just the start. Our courses and research ...

Stephen R. Meyers and Gigi Cohen live with their son in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s 1 p.m. and students gather in long lines as they wait to enter the lecture hall, a spacious wood-adorned auditorium at ...