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Geosciences Program

Geosciences Program > Student Learning Goals

Student Learning Goals

  1. Upon completing all requisite courses for a B.A. in Geoscience, students will have mastered basic concepts of geography and/or geology.

  2. Upon completing all requisite courses for a B.A. in Geoscience, students will be able to initiate an original research project involving fieldwork or data analysis and convey this research clearly in oral, written, web-based, and/or cartographic form.

  3. Upon graduation, geoscience majors will compete successfully in the professional job market or gain admittance to a geoscience graduate program.