This minor focuses on the study of System Earth (land, ocean, atmosphere) and the impact of climate and man on the natural system. You will study the following aspects such as: 

• How does System Earth work with its interactions between rocks, water, organisms and gasses 
• What are the interactions between the biosphere and geosphere, Darwin’s theory of Evolution, the big extinctions in earth’s history 
• Man changing the Earth: the Anthropocene as a new geologic period; are we entering a new mass extinction. What is the impact of man and climate on biogeochemical cycles on land and in oceans

Admission
Undergraduate students interested in the functioning of System Earth (land, ocean, atmosphere) and the impact of climate and man on the natural system. The minor targets at students with a background in the Natural Sciences (profiel Natuur en Techniek, Natuur en Gezondheid or comparable educational tracks) that follow a major outside the domain of this minor (verbredende minor).

Registration
Please see the application procedure for more information.

• Earth Sciences 
• Geographical Information Science