The Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, established in 2010, combines the previous Departments of Geology, Oceanography, and Meteorology and seeks to enhance teaching and research across disciplines concerned with our planet. EOAS offers excellent education in earth, ocean and atmospheric science, contributes to scientific knowledge by conducting world‐class research, and is a source of information for the public and decision-makers. The department expands its efforts in classroom education by offering nine competitive graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees in environmental sciences with a strong interdisciplinary core.
EOAS faculty are resolute in the belief that their science plays an essential role in the life of the university and the education of tomorrow’s leaders and are committed to expanding and strengthening that role. They are well-positioned for broadly competitive funding and developing research centers focused on emerging issues surrounding earth, ocean and atmosphere processes. Faculty are also committed to working individually with students and offering rigorous field‐camps, research cruises, and internships — experiences that are essential to a well-rounded education. The department retains excellence in its established areas of research with vigorous recruitment of highly qualified graduate students and faculty.
The department continues to offer the public rigorous scholarship on matters of immediate social concern. Finding solutions for a sustainable future requires fluency in complex issues and objective reasoning based on the latest research results. In the coming decades, EOAS will serve the state, nation, and world by graduating highly competent professionals who will play crucial roles in this vital effort. Its faculty will provide scientific leadership by securing funding for cutting‐edge research and publishing enduring scientific results, and teaching and mentoring students through innovative courses and research experiences.