Earth and Environmental Sciences Minor (EES)

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)

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Wright State Core Requirements

Select either the 1000-level series (EES 1050, 1070 for 7 hours) or the 2000-level series (EES 2510, 2550 for 8 hours)

EES 1050 - Dynamic Earth Credit Hour(s): 4
EES 1070 - Sustainable Earth Credit Hour(s): 3
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