环境地质专业的学生在形成地球的表层和浅层地下过程中积累了专业知识，并为人类和自然使用提供了关键的土壤和水资源及服务。毕业生将为从事地质过程和地球上人类活动对环境的影响的职业做好准备。该课程的重点是涵盖地质学，地表和浅层地下过程的基础知识，基于现场的研究方法以及地质学的环境方面的课程。通过集中精力，学生可以在公共，私人和非营利组织中寻求职位，以解决环境/自然资源管理问题，监管机构合规性，危害识别和缓解以及基础科学调查，这些调查可以为自然资源政策和决策提供指导，从而保证良好的管理地球资源。该课程还为计划继续攻
Environmental Geology concentration students develop expertise in surface and shallow subsurface processes that shape the Earth and provide critical soil and water resources and services for human society and the natural world. Graduates will be prepared for careers that address environmental implications of geological process and human activities. The curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of geology, surface and shallow subsurface processes, field-based research methodologies and technologies, and environmental geosciences. The concentration empowers students to pursue positions with corporations and public, private, and nonprofit organizations that address environmental/natural resource management issues, regulatory agency activities, hazard identification and mitigation, land use, and support research that informs natural resource policy and decision making to advance sound stewardship. The curriculum provides a strong foundation for graduate studies in the many fields of geosciences and environmental science.