地球科学理学学士-地球科学教育

这是地球科学的基础学位，是大多数学生推荐的学位。该学位为地球科学专业的研究生提供了最佳的就业机会和最佳的准备。地质科学系是一项全国认可的计划，在本科教育方面拥有悠久的历史。我们的第一个学士学位于1902年授予，我们的计划是在蒙大拿州建立的第一个大学科学系。
Our mission is to develop new knowledge of Earth's history as a planet, its environment, and resources, engage our students in the process, and share that knowledge broadly.<br><br>We use scientific methods to study the physical processes that shape our planet. We have two areas of special focus: water and earth. In both areas, we analyze how earth materials such as water, minerals, sediments and rocks, and energy move and change. These are the dynamic processes that distribute critical resources and form landscapes.<br><br>In the area of water science, we focus on the water cycle. We study glaciers and ice sheets and how they move and flow and impact climate, groundwater systems and interactions with surface water, and rivers and their relationship to the landscape. For more details, please see the water research pages.<br><br>In the area of solid earth science, we focus on the outermost rocky layer of the planet, the lithosphere. We study its rocks and minerals, how it has moved and rearranged itself through time, the record of erosion and deposition, the evolution of life, and present-day hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes.