地球科学系提供的课程可通往地球科学理学硕士和博士学位。学位在各个专业领域。地球科学计划提供有关地球化学，地球物理学，地貌学和第四纪地质，岩石学，沉积学和地层学，构造，结构地质和地壳演化以及古生物学的研究。学生根据他们的特殊兴趣和需要，与他们的主要顾问和论文委员会协商后确定自己的学习计划。所有学生都可以使用该学院的研究生顾问在其他所有方面进行咨询。研究生课程协调员（电话805-893-3329）可以帮助您解决有关学位要求和一般行政事务的所有问题。
The Department of Earth Science is renowned for involving students in cutting-edge research, often involving extensive field experience in exciting and remote locations. The department offers programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth Science within a diverse array of specializations, including: geobiology, geochemistry, geochronology, geomorphology, geophysics, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, paleobiology, petrology, Quaternary geology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, seismology, structural geology, and tectonics.