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Environmental Geoscience

Study detals

Course type: Bachelor's degree Degree: B.S. Environmental Geoscience Study mode: Full time Duration : 36 Month

Requirements

If you have completed academic work outside the U.S., you must provide official academic credentials as well as English translations of the documents. If only one document is available, we will accept notarized or certified copies of the original document. If translations are needed, it is your responsibility to have the credentials translated by a reputable translation and evaluation service. Syracuse University will not provide translations for you. A key to the marking system or grading scale should also be included if it is not indicated on the transcript.

First-year Students: Attending and graduating from in-person secondary schools based in the United States for at least three full academic years (Grades 10-12).
Transfer Students: Have completed at least 24 credits in person at a post-secondary institution in the United States. Students must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, excluding ESL curriculum.

English Language Requiements

IELTS is not required. as part of the admission process all students will take the VEPT test administered by interlearn
VEPT costs - (50$)

Pre-Sessional (20 weeks) 37 - 40

Pre-Sessional (12 weeks) 41 - 45

Pre-Sessional (6 weeks) 46 - 50

Inernational Year One - 51+

Speciality

International Year One in Available (47 200)

Please note that students completing the British curriculum are not eligible to apply upon completion of the IGCSE/GCSE; we require at least one additional year of education. Additionally, we do not accept the BTEC for admission at this time.

Progressing students into Syracuse University receive the following merit awards for each
subsequent year of enrollment based on the cumulative GPA earned upon the completion of the 30 credit hours:
• A GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 is $10,000 per year
• A GPA between 3.5 and 3.74 is $15,000 per year
• A GPA greater than 3.75 is $20,000 per year

Additional information

Degree Overview

Climate change, environmental degradation, and resource management collectively encompass perhaps the greatest global challenge we face today. Study of the processes that link changes in the atmosphere, ocean, solid earth and biosphere has seen major advances in recent decades. The BS in Environmental Geoscience degree delivers in-depth study of these components of the dynamic earth system and the linkages among them. This fundamental understanding is augmented with practical applications in environments spanning local to global scales

Study Reasons

Learn from expert faculty in geochemistry, geophysics, hydrology and geology.

Prepare for careers across the spectrum of the environmental sciences: monitoring, remediation and regulation associated with positions in private corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

The B.S. in environmental geosciences is the perfect base major for the science-minded student looking to understand the complexities of policy through the environment, sustainability and policy integrated learning major.

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