Bachelor of Science in Geosciences with Emphasis in Geology INTO Group - The University of Arizona, USA

Our planet is more than meets the eye. Explore Earth from its origin and history to its components and how they interact with each other. Students who select the Bachelor of Science in Geosciences with a Geology emphasis take an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the planet. In this top-ranked program, students learn scientific research skills; gain experience working with data and technology in the field and in the laboratory; and study the Earth's origin and history, as well as the planet's components and how they interact with one another. Geology students participate in a Capstone Summer Field Camp in the later part of their program that provides hands-on experience applying their content knowledge in the field. Graduates pursue careers in research, energy, mineral resources, academia and more.

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Teamwork and leadership
• The basic structure of the Earth, and how this structure is known
• Theories for the origin of the Earth
• Be able to access information through traditional and new technologies
• Teaching and assisting others in learning
• Major events in the evolution of the Earth;M ain events in the evolution of life on Earth
• Be able to critically evaluate information from multiple perspectives
• Involvement in campus and community service
• Understand the process of scientific inquiry
• Involvement in research
• The fundamentals of plate tectonics
• Exposure to career options and opportunities
• Understand the relationship of Geosciences to other areas of science and to society in general
• The main classes of minerals
• The nature and origin of each of the main types of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks
• The nature and distribution of sedimentary environments on Earth
• The nature and significance of structures, such as folds, faults, and joints
• The first-order processes that shape the surface of the Earth (e.g., rivers, glaciers, mass wasting, wind, weathering, erosion)
• The nature and origin of mineral and hydrocarbon resources on Earth
• The possible linkages between human activities and our physical environment (e.g., global climate change).