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We integrate outdoor adventures into every course and provide numerous travel options both locally and globally. While several excursions focus on captivating California sites, we also organize journeys to diverse worldwide destinations. Our students visit various regional and international spots, such as Scotland, Chilean Patagonia, Hawaii, the Colorado Plateau, and multiple locations along North America's western coast. Numerous students collaborate with professors on acclaimed research initiatives that may lead to remarkable geological sites like western Ireland, Japan, upstate New York's ancient Appalachian Mountains, the Marshall Islands, and the Sierra Nevada high country.
If you're passionate about safeguarding communities, investigating our planet, comprehending environmental systems, or working locally and internationally, our Geological and Environmental Sciences Department is the perfect fit. We adopt a comprehensive perspective of Earth, providing courses that foster scientific knowledge about our planet's evolution, natural processes, resources, and contemporary global transformations. Our demanding Geology and Environmental Science degree programs equip students for prosperous careers. Department students engage in immersive, experiential learning opportunities through our practical teaching methodology.