完成地球科学课程的学生经常发现自己准备在地球科学方面进行自主研究。这些方案通常包括对流体动力学，地质学理论和污染物遏制等主题的详细考察。

Courses are academic classes taught by qualified instructors that are intended to enhance participant’s knowledge of a given area or training in a particular discipline. Courses vary broadly in terms of length, size, content and duration.