地质和地球物理学将为您提供一个统一的上下文，以了解决定地球作为系统功能的地表和内部行星过程。全球气候变化，人口增加以及矿产和能源资源的减少，使我们对地球复杂的自然系统的依赖性增强了，对理解各大洲和海洋之间动态结构关系的需求也日益增加，这些关系为地球的各种生态系统提供了物理栖息地。本专业将使您了解地球的变化，其起源，板块构造，地表过程，生命演化和地质时间。通过本专业的学习，您将获得在自然资源，矿产和能源的可持续勘探和管理的所有领域中就业所需的技能。
Geology and Geophysics will provide you with a unifying context for understanding the surface and internal planetary processes that determine how the earth functions as a system. Global climate change, an increasing population and shrinking mineral and energy resources have heightened our sense of dependence on our earth's complex natural systems and increased our need to understand the dynamic structural relationships between the continents and oceans that provide the physical habitat for the earth's various ecosystems.<br><br>This major will provide you with an understanding of change on Earth, its origin, plate tectonics, surface processes, evolution of life and geologic time. With this major you will acquire the skills necessary for employment in all areas of sustainable exploration and management of our natural, mineral and energy resources.