QuEST: EOAS Quantitative Earth Science Transformation project

The complete final project documentation can be found here: https://blogs.ubc.ca/eoasquest/

Background work includes research about current state of undergraduate quantitative Earth science degrees in EOAS and the academic and non-academic geoscience sectors more generally.
Recommendations are based on background research, current perspectives of EOAS faculty, and precedent from literature and engagement with peers and education experts.
Marketing strategies include activities that are completed or underway and suggested further actions for attracting and retaining QES undergraduate students.

For milestones and deliverables of the project, visit the QuEST website (https://blogs.ubc.ca/eoasquest/) to learn more.

Attract students who are interested and capable in math, physics, computing, and other quantitative disciplines to learn and develop skills in the context of subjects that are both fascinating and important to society.
Define new, forward‐looking outcomes for our quantitative specializations.
Articulate new or improved curricular and course-based strategies that enable students to meet these outcomes and core competencies.

Enhanced recruiting and improved visibility of opportunities will attract more students wanting to pursue quantitatively oriented degrees that will equip them for success in a range of existing and emerging academic and career pathways that are both socially critical and personally rewarding.
Redesigned curriculum will emphasize fundamentals within contexts such as climate, energy, resources, hazards, and ocean, landscape or atmospheric dynamics of Earth and other planets.
The efficiency, efficacy and satisfaction of instructors will increase. Also, new inter‐disciplinary synergies will emerge giving students an integrated, holistic understanding of Earth Science and the roles of quantitative thinking across disciplines.