Overview

This Environmental Geology programme from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is focused on environment-related expertise required for applied industry careers, including modeling of groundwater flow, characterization of contaminant migration, groundwater and contaminant geochemistry, and environmental geophysics.

These are areas of long-standing strength in the Department of Geology, which also has faculty expertise in innovative online pedagogy.

The programme also includes geospatial and data science components that are synergistic with two new programmes in the Departments of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences and Geography and Geographical Information Science.

Career Opportunities

Environment-related careers are the dominant area of employment in the geology field, and include environmental consulting, government regulatory jobs, non-profit organizations, as well as government and research jobs.

Technological advancements, regulations and other factors continue to play a role in the changes within the field, so this degree provides an opportunity for those that completed their B.S. degree a while ago to update their skills and potentially advance in the field.

A master’s degree is often required to advance within the profession and this course is designed to satisfy demand from non-traditional students so they may maintain personal and professional obligations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Applied Digital Geosciences

Investigating the Earth’s Interior

Environmental Geophysics

Earth Systems Modeling

Environmental Consulting

Applied Hydrogeology

GIS for Geology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Urbana, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Bachelor of Science degree (in a physical science discipline) from an accredited college in the United States or an approved international institution of higher education.

GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher for the last 60 semester hours of their Bachelor of Science program. Students who do not meet the 3.0/4.0 GPA criterion may still be eligible to enroll if they have significant experience outside of the classroom.

Tuition Fees

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12080 USD / year

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12080 USD / year

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12080 USD / year

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Living costs

Urbana

United States

1100 - 1500 USD / month

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