Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY) - Earth Science

Earth Science

Staff: See Earth Science and Geography Department 

Early Advising: Knowledge of earth science is helpful in an assortment of vocations. Subsequently, we encourage potential majors to counsel with an employee in earth science as quickly as time permits to focus a course of study that mirrors the hobbies and desires of the understudy. The earth science program additionally offers courses at the 100-level intended for understudies who may not plan to seek after earth science at more propelled levels. 

These courses are proper for understudies inquisitive about the earth and its life, particularly those with worries about natural corruption and its effect on individuals living in both urban and country settings. 

Postgraduate Work: Students inspired by graduate study in earth or ecological science ought to be mindful that graduate and expert schools more often than not require courses past the earth science focus necessities. 

When all is said in done, understudies ought to have a year of science, science, material science and/or math, contingent upon the field of hobby. Proper courses incorporate BIOL 105 and BIOL 106; CHEM 108/CHEM 109 or CHEM 125; PHYS 113 and PHYS 114; and MATH 101 and MATH 102 or MATH 121/MATH 122. We encourage understudies to start coursework in different sciences as quickly as time permits, since this helps them in fruitful culmination of the earth science major. 

Guides: Ms. Menking, Ms. Schneiderman, Mr. Walker. 

Programs 

Major 

• Earth Science Major 

Associate Sequence in Earth Science 

• Earth Science Correlate Sequ 

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