Atmospheric Sciences
The Atmospheric Sciences major integrates practices from across the sciences to help you understand the systems that determine our weather and climate. You'll learn about the interactions between the Earth's surface and atmosphere that can often lead to severe storms, droughts and floods, and global climate change. You'll be prepared to serve as an operational or broadcast meteorologist and research scientist.
Geographic Information Science
The Geographic Information Science (GIS) major provides you with advanced technical knowledge in data modeling, spatial data management, and map design. More than just a computer science degree, this major helps you communicate complex data and narratives in visual formats that help your audience see the world more clearly and accurately.
Physical Geography
The Physical Geography major connects knowledge of the natural world with the way that world is shaped by human action. From droughts and earthquakes to land cover change and the built environment, you’ll study at the confluence of natural sciences like geology and hydrology with human geography.
Social & Environmental Geography
The Social & Environmental Geography (SEG) major prepares you to become a global citizen working towards a socially just and sustainable future. You’ll study the important connections between culture, economy, and the environment. These are not separate fields but pieces to a larger puzzle of how human beings connect to each other and our world. You’ll connect the art and science of humanity’s place in the world.
Social Sciences Air Transportation
The Social Sciences Air Transportation major gives you a broad understanding of how social forces influence aviation, and how aviation influences our society: from economics, international relations, government policy, and sustainable development.