The undergraduate program in geology focuses on a strong core of courses in all areas of earth materials, processes, and history as well as in allied sciences.
Students also gain experience with analytical equipment, computer systems, and in fieldwork.
The program emphasizes computational geophysics and reflection seismology. A second major can lay the foundation for a career in environmental geology, and students may also acquire certification in earth science as a teaching field. Advanced graduate work is available in marine geology and paleoceanography, stratigraphy, carbonate and siliciclastic sedimentology, igneous petrology, geochemistry, structural geology, regional tectonics, global plate tectonics, reflection and crustal seismology, and computational geophysics and geodynamics. Ideally, programs of study and research incorporate more than one of these specialties. For general university requirements, see Graduation Requirements .