Department of Geology

The Geology Department explores and celebrates the rich tapestry of geodiversity that our planet offers, encompassing the myriad geological features, processes, and landscapes that shape the Earth's dynamic history. Geology is essential for finding solutions to climate change, natural hazard mitigation, pollution and waste disposal, resource exploration and sustainability, and engineering projects.

Programs of study

The Geology Department offers applied degrees and certificates to prepare students for careers in industry, government, and education.

Dynamic Subject

Earth is our home. Earth is also an active, dynamic planet. The processes that shape and change our planet have economic, anthropologic, and social ramifications.

Geology is the study of the processes that shape the solid Earth through time, and their interaction with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Applied Science

Geology is essential for finding solutions to climate change, natural hazard mitigation, pollution and waste disposal, resource exploration and sustainability, as well as civil engineering investigations.

Geologists work to understand the Earth through field work, rock descriptions, mapping, geophysical techniques, chemical analyses, physical experiments, and numerical modeling.

Students participate in a surveying project

Practical Discipline

The Department of Geology offers degrees and certificates that prepare students for careers in industry, government, or academia.

The geology program at 成人头条 State offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), a Certificate in Environment and Sustainability, and a Master of Science (MS) degree through the Earth, Environmental and Physical Science (EEPS) Program.

Geology Scholarships and Fellowships

Through the generosity of its alumni and industry supporters, the Geology Department proudly awards more than $60,000 annually in scholarships and awards to qualified undergraduate majors and graduate students.

Current WSU students interested in any Fairmount College scholarship, including geology, can submit an application through ScholarshipUniverse.

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