Our extensive mineral, rock, fossil and map collections enhance both teaching and research. Faculty-student interaction is central to majoring in geology at Denison. The department is small and tightly knit with frequent opportunities for faculty and students to exchange ideas both formally and informally. Much learning goes on outside the classroom through faculty-student collaboration in the lab and in the field. In addition to local trips required in most upper level courses, there are extended weekend Field Trips for all majors each semester, in which the department examines areas such as the Adirondacks, the Canadian Shield in western Ontario, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Outer Banks of the Carolinas.
Various opportunities exist for geology majors to develop leadership skills and receive stipends.
Majors within the department can extend and enrich their knowledge by working as laboratory assistants in the introductory and middle level courses, and earn a stipend in the process. The summer research of many geology majors is supported financially by Anderson Grants awarded by the Denison Undergraduate Research Foundation.