The School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) is a multidisciplinary unit of COSM that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in both the Geosciences and Environmental Sciences.  Areas of focus among SEES faculty include petrology, paleontology, sedimentology, structural geology, tectonics, hydrogeology, biogeochemistry, environmental biology and geology, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, human-environment interactions, health geography, cultural geography, urban geography, tourism and economic geography, parasitology, marine science, coastal wetlands and natural history of the Coastal Plain.

The School also houses the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, an interdepartmental organization that promotes, in coordination with public and private partnerships, interdisciplinary research and education directed toward understanding the physical and biological resources occurring below the Fall Line and their sustainable use and management.

Undergraduate
The School offers three undergraduate degree programs, a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Geosciences (BS), a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Sustainability Science (BS), and a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Geography (BA).  It also offers minors in Geography, Geology, and Geographical Information Science, as well as the Environmental Sustainability Interdisciplinary Minor.

Graduate
In conjunction with the College of Graduate Studies, the School offers Master of Science degrees in Applied Geography and in Environmental Science (a non-thesis degree), as well as a PhD in Environmental Science.

Programs

• Geography, B.A.
• Geosciences, B.S.
• Sustainability Science, B.S.

• Environmental Sustainability Interdisciplinary Minor
• Geographic Information Science Minor
• Geography Minor
• Geology Minor

• Applied Geography, M.S.
• Applied Geography, M.S. (Non-Thesis)
• Applied Geography, M.S. (Thesis)
• Environmental Science M.S. (Non-Thesis)

• Environmental Science Ph.D.