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Geological Sciences Career - Jobs - Internships - Graduate Schools Opportunities


Our graduates are finding themselves in a wide array of jobs and careers as below. More information can be found here.

  • Park Services
  • Environmental Agencies
  • Government Sectors
  • Energy/Natural Resources
  • Land Management
  • Mining Industries
  • Engineering companies
  • Graduate School/University
  • GIS sectors
  • K-12 Schools
  • Museums

Some job areas of our graduates

ACADEMIA & GRADUATE SCHOOLS

  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Pennsylvania State Yniversity
  • University of Arizona
  • Vanderbilt University
  • George Mason University
  • University of Rhode Island
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
  • University of Florida
  • Florida State University
  • Texas A & M, University
  • University of Houston
  • Western Kentucky University
  • Oklahoma State University Center For Rural Health
  • Hudson High School of Learning Technologies
  • Vanderbilt School of Nursing
  • Paducah Independent School District
  • Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  • Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
  • University of Lausanne - UNIL, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
  • University of Kentucky
  • Western Kentucky University

GOVERNMENT SECTORS

  • NOAA, Maryland
  • KY Department for Environmental Protection
  • Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
  • Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet
  • Bowling Green City County Planning Commision
  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTORS

  • EnSafe
  • Nrystar
  • SMR Environmental
  • Geo-Technology Associates Inc., Nashville

PRIVATE GEOLOGICAL & ENGINEERING SECTORS

  • Freeport McMoRan Exploration
    Tucson, Arizona
  • Carbon Capture & Storage at ExxonMobil
  • Progammer in Oracle, Washington
  • The Do Run Company Salem, Missouri
  • Nevada Gold Mines Elko, Nevada
  • EGSci Consulting Inc. Civil Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Bowling Green Park and Recreation Foundation

More information can be found here.

 

ORGANIZATIONS FOR GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

  • AAPG - American Association of Petrolum Geologist
  • AEG - Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
  • AGI – American Geological Institute
  • AGU - American Geophysical Union
  • AWG - Association for Women Geoscientists
  • GSA – Geological Society of America
  • KAS - Kentucky Academy of Science
  • MSA – Mineralogical Society of America
  • NAGT – National Association of Geoscience Teachers
  • NSS - National Spleological Society
  • SEPM – Society of Sedimentary Geology

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 Last Modified 7/26/24