This course provides students with basic principles of machine learning and helps students apply machine learning to analyze data, predict outcomes and interpret results from the perspective of earth and environmental scientists. The course will first introduce basic concepts and then focus on applications to various examples in earth and environmental sciences. Offered as GEOL 5458 and EVSE 5458. Credit will not be given for both. Prerequisite: ENVR 3454 or GEOL 3454 or EVSE 5454 or GEOL 5454 or equivalent.