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Nov 03, 2024
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2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Earth and Environmental Science Major
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To develop a level of geologic competency in our graduates so they are equipped to enter the secondary education field equipped to qualify for state certification as a teacher of Earth Science in the public school systems of Nevada and other states requiring degree certification within a specialty field. To accomplish the above:
- The B.S. in Earth Science degree is intended to recognize, formulate, employ, and interpret the scientific methodology that is appropriate to a broad, general understanding of science and how it operates.
- All graduating students will have the knowledge of the educational resources that are available to teachers of earth science and how to obtain and successfully use those resources.
- All students will graduate with competency in correctly identifying the properties, characteristics, and behavior of earth materials.
- All graduates will have a working knowledge of those scientific disciplines ancillary to an appropriate level of the earth science curricula such as chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
- Graduating students will have the written and verbal communication skills required to convey contemporary theories in geology and in how the Earth operates as a system.
- All students will have the ability to function independently, collaboratively, and ethically with others in the profession as colleagues and supervisors.
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English Composition - Total Credits: 6
English Literature - Total Credits: 3
Constitutions - Total Credits: 4-6
Mathematics - Total Credits: 3
Distribution Requirement Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking
Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9
Social Science - Total Credits: 9 Multicultural and International
(see notes below) Additional Degree Requirements
Electives - Total Credits: 18-21
Total Credits: 125 minimum
Notes
- Students must complete 40 upper-division credits (satisfied by the degree requirements in the major).
- Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
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