Earth scientists quantify the geologic processes that affect the human environment. The Environmental Earth Sciences program blends the disciplines of fluid dynamics, hydrology, environmental chemistry, and geochemistry framed within the larger context of Earth systems and a focus on the geology side of the environment and planetary systems. The program provides a foundation in the physical sciences, with emphasis on processes that occur near or at the surface of the Earth and the impact of human activity on such processes. Course topics include: Dynamic Earth, Planet Earth, Global Change Geochemistry, Geomorphology, Earth Materials/Petrology, Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Environmental Isotope, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Environmental Microbiology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy.