ES-BA - Earth Science
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The Interdisciplinary Program in Earth Science, B.A. is a 38-credit major recommended for earth data users, analysts, programmers and developers.
The core of the interdisciplinary undergraduate program in Earth Science is a sequence of basic and advanced courses from EEGS and Computer Science and Math.
The Interdisciplinary Program in Earth Science offers courses to prepare students: (1) for the use and analysis of the earth (lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere) data; (2) to meet the demands of local, state, and federal governmental agencies, private consulting, and industry in using earth data to solve societal problems, such as climate change, impact of natural hazards, agriculture, water supply and many others; (3) to pursue advanced degrees in earth data science and information technology.