Undergraduate Programs

Choose this emphasis if you're interested primarily in earth science and want to focus your studies in this area.

B.S. in Geology and Environmental Geosciences with an emphasis in Geology

Choose this emphasis if you want to study chemistry, anthropology, biology, geography or another science in addition to earth science. This emphasis will help you easily get a minor in these other areas.

B.S. in Geology and Environmental Geosciences with an emphasis in Environmental Geosciences

Choose this emphasis if you want to be a teacher, a rewarding profession that allows you to help shape the minds and lives of young students. You'll be licensed to teach high school biology, chemistry, physics, and earth and space science.

B.S. in Geology and Environmental Geosciences with an emphasis in Earth and Space Science Education

Choose geography if you're interested in exploring conditions that influence everything from a region's economy to its social development. You can take electives from across the curriculum or focus your studies in GIS and mapping science, natural environmental systems, urban-economic systems or area studies. We also offer an undergraduate certificate in geographic information systems and a minor in geography.

B.A. or B.S. in Geography

Choose meteorology if you want a career in applied, environmental or broadcast meteorology; weather forecasting; or applied climatology. Our program was the first of its kind to be offered by an Illinois public university. It meets American Meteorological Society standards for an undergraduate degree in atmospheric science, as well as federal civil service requirements for meteorologists.

B.S. in Meteorology