In concert with the current employment trends and student interest, the Geological Sciences program offers three concentrations to choose from – Environmental Earth Science, Geology, and General. These concentrations have a common core, but each has different concentration requirements.

In the Environmental Earth Science (ENES) concentration, requirements are more defined and focused on concepts and applications specific to environmental geology, preparing students for environment-related jobs.

In the Geology (GEOL) concentration, students can choose from a variety of elective courses based on their interests and career goals (e.g., jobs related to mineral and energy resources).

General concentration will allow students in other major/minor programs to get a degree in Geological Sciences with fewer hours. Since we don’t have a minor in Geological Sciences, this General concentration should help to fill this gap.

All of these concentrations provide the knowledge base for students to pursue the initial phase of Professional Geologist licensure (www.asbog.org), and prepare students who wish to pursue graduate school.

This program provides advanced professional training for careers as hydrologists, geologists, environmental resource managers, city and regional planners, engineering geologists, geophysical and geochemical geologists, meteorologists and climatologists, earth science teachers, Geographic Information Systems specialists, consultants in business and industry, university faculty, and professional educators. The program also provides a scientific foundation for graduate students who plan to continue advanced studies leading to the Ph.D.