Earth Science - Muskingum University

Earth Science from Muskingum University is a Campus Bachelor Geology degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Geology Department seeks to encourage an intelligent awareness of the earth and of humans? relationship to their physical environment. Students may major either in earth science (a major designed for those who wish to pursue a career in secondary education). The department also encourages interdisciplinary majors of the student?s design. The department?s equipment includes a scanning electron microscope, Bioscan image analysis system, petrographic and binocular microscopes; surveying equipment, a portable seismic refraction unit, large mineral, rock, stratigraphic, paleontologic, archaeological, and map collections; and a selfrecording weather station. The department also has access to equipment housed in other departments of the University, including all computer servers on the campus, individual Macintosh and IBM PC computers, atomic absorption spectrophotometer, radiological laboratory, and a well-equipped machine shop. All seniors participate in original field and/or laboratory research. An active Geology Club and the Eta Lota chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon (the national honorary society in Earth Science) sponsor field trips, speakers, and extracurricular activities. During the last decade, about half of Muskingum?s geology majors have gone on to graduate school. Some of these students have subsequently obtained employment in exploration and research in the areas of petroleum, nuclear fuels, coal, and metalliferous minerals. Others have been employed in federal and state geological surveys, while still others have served as geological consultants for governments, individuals, and industries. Graduates going directly into the job market are employed in a variety of occupations in industry as well as in teaching. View more details on Muskingum University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Geology courses.