Environmental Geosciences

Overview

This program is designed to prepare students for:

• employment as geologists and environmental scientists in government (city, county, regional, state, and federal) and private consulting firms (environmental, engineering, and geotechnical firms, mining and oil companies, etc.);

• professional licensing requirements;

• doctoral study in environmental science, geology, geochemistry, and geophysics; and

• teaching at the Community College level

• The department also provides continuing education for professional geologists, engineers, planners, etc.

Our Environmental Geosciences program at California State University East Bay is unique in the bay area in that many courses are offered in the evenings, and augmented by field experiences. Graduate seminars address diverse subjects; for example, geochemical evolution of groundwater, natural tracers of geologic processes, tectonic geomorphology, earthquake hazards, bay area tectonics, near-surface geophysics, and modern depositional environments. 

We maintain strong connections with East Bay Regional Parks, the California Environmental Protection Agency, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NASA Ames, the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Career 

• Scientist for federal, state, or local regulatory, governmental, or research agency

• Project leader, geologist, or hydrogeologist at environmental consulting company

• Geologist or geophysicist for energy company

• Instructor at community college

• Engineering geologist for consulting company or regulatory agency

• Research scientist at National Laboratory