地球，环境与行星科学系为学生提供了解决开放式，复杂且高度关联的问题的机会，使他们具备成为现实世界（无论是在学术界还是在学术界）的领导者和企业家的技能。商业或与社会问题打交道。现场和实验室的机会比比皆是。许多学生还在国家和国际专业会议上展示他们自己的研究项目。在获得地球科学专业的学士学位后，学生将能够：了解地球和行星的结构和组成，它们的演化以及改变地球今天的地球。学习基本的野外地质测量和记录。学习地球观测并记录户外科学信息。
The Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences offers students the opportunity to work with open-ended, complex, and highly interconnected problems, giving them the skills to become leaders and entrepreneurs in the real world, whether that is in academia, running a business, or working with and for societal issues. Field and laboratory opportunities abound. Many students also present their own research projects at national and international professional conferences.Upon completing the BS degree with a major in Earth Science, students will be able to: Understand the structure and composition of the earth and planets, their evolution, and changing the Earth today. Learn basic field geological measurements and recording. Learn earth observations and recording outdoor scientific information.