Bachelor of Science in Geology

University of Akron

Geology is the study of Earth's materials, structures and processes and how they’ve changed through time. This knowledge may be applied to exploration for natural resources, including metals, petroleum and water understanding natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides addressing problems associated with environmental contamination and investigating Earth’s history to understand the evolution of life and global climate change. Core courses provide the fundamentals in: physical and historical geology mineralogy and petrography structural geology and plate tectonics sedimentology, paleontology and stratigraphy This degree program can be tailored to a major field of interest by taking additional courses in the supporting sciences, mathematics and engineering fields.

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