物理与地球科学系为三种类型的学生提供服务：地质或物理学专业以及地理，地质，GIS，地球物理学或物理学的辅修专业，技术或专业的学生以及修读物理和地球科学的学生出于兴趣或满足科学要求的课程。该系旨在为地质或物理学专业，地理，地质，地理信息系统（GIS），地球物理学或物理专业的学生做好准备，以便与其他机构的工业和政府职位的毕业生竞争，从事科学教育，或追求更高的学位。它通过各个学科的基础课程以及GIS，能源，水文地质，地下水建模，GIS认证，地球物理学认证以及核电厂（NPP）运营认证的专门计划来实现这一目标。对于
The Department of Physics and Geosciences serves the needs of three types of students- those majoring in geology or physics and those minoring in geography, geology, GIS, geophysics, or physics technical or pre-professional students, and students who take physics and geoscience courses out of interest or to satisfy science requirements. The department seeks to prepare students who are majoring in geology or physics, minoring in geography, geology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geophysics, or physics to compete with graduates from other institutions for industrial and governmental positions, follow a career in science education, or pursue a higher level degree. It does this through fundamental courses in the respective disciplines and through specialized programs in GIS, energy, hydrogeology, groundwater modeling, certification in GIS, certification in Geophysics, and certification in nuclear power plant (NPP) operations. For students in technical areas, the department endeavors to provide the background necessary for success in their chosen profession. For non-technical majors, the department strives to enlighten students concerning some of the basic realities of our universe and to instill in them an appreciation of the methods of scientific inquiry and the impact of science on our modern world. In addition to our undergraduate degrees and minors, we also offer an interdisciplinary graduate program in Petrophysics.