SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Geoscience at Penn State Erie
Why study geoscience? Earth's citizens require a solid understanding of the Earth sciences to comprehend and effectively address many of the issues confronting society today, such as climate change, natural hazards, environmental changes, and resource availability.
Students may take a selection of earth science courses in fulfillment of the requirements for the Environmental Studies Option and the Earth and Space Science Option within the new B.S. Science Degree at Penn State Behrend.
Students interested in the earth sciences (including geoscience, geography, and meteorology)
can also take the first two years of the curriculum at Penn State Erie and then complete the major
at University Park.