Department of Earth Sciences
Environmental Oceanography Concentration
Required ENVIRONMENTAL Earth AND OCEAN Science CoRE: (20 credits)
- ESCI 1XX or 2XX – Any 100- or 200-level Earth Science Class (3)
- ESCI 221 Physical Geology (4)
- ESCI 245 Environmental Meteorology (3)
- ESCI 261 Introduction to Oceanography (4)
- ESCI 322 Environmental Hydrology (3)
- ESCI 385 Global Climate Change: Science & Policy (3)
REQUIRED METHODS COURSES: CHOOSE 2 (6 CREDITS)
- ESCI 281 GIS Applications for the Earth Sciences (3)
- ESCI 380 Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation (3)
- ESCI 423 Applied Geophysics (3)
REQUIRED FIELD COURSES: CHOOSE 1 (3 CREDITS)
- ESCI 267 Field Methods* (3)
- ESCI 422 Geological Field Mapping (3-4)
- ESCI 465 Biological Oceanography* (3)
Required ENVIRONMENTAL oceanOGRAPHY concentration Courses: (18 credits)
- ESCI 363 Chemical Oceanography (3)
- ESCI 366 Marine Resources & Policy (P) (3)
- ESCI 369 Physical Oceanography and Climate (3)
- ESCI 464 Ocean Ecosystems (W) (3)
- ESCI 466 Coastal Environmental Oceanography* (3)
- ESCI 468 Ocean Data Analysis & Presentation (3)
REQUired RELATED COURSES: (16 CREDITS)
- CHEM 111 Introductory Chemistry 1 (4)
- PHYS 131 Physics 1 with Algebra (4)
- MATH 160 Precalculus (4)
- MATH 161 Calculus I (4)
* Available only at Chincoteague Bay Field Station