General Education Goals in the Geological Sciences Bachelor program:

• The ability to write and to verbally and visually communicate in a scientific format.
• The ability to read technical geologic literature and to gather detailed information on a geologic subject.
• The ability to read geologic and topographic maps and cross sections and hold a basic understanding of how they are produced.
• The ability to critique geologic information and make decisions about its accuracy and implications for real world situations.
• A basic understanding of quantitative problem-solving methods in geology, including the use of graphical data and techniques and computer software/hardware.
• A fundamental understanding of how analytical laboratory methods may be applied to solving geologic problems.
• The ability to collect, synthesize, and display geologic field, laboratory, and analytical observations and data leading to the formulation of supportable geologic hypotheses.
• The ability to weigh and develop tests of one's own and existing hypotheses regarding geologic processes and events, and the ability to apply sound hypotheses to real world problem solving.
• The development of a sense of honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the treatment of geologic data and in the development of hypotheses and recommendations for the public or as a future employee and citizen