Bachelor of Science in Geology - Geological Education

University of Idaho

Gathering rock samples and searching for dinosaur tracks in Utah’s Hurricane Valley. Researching glaciers in Iceland. Uncovering evidence of volcanic splatter on Mars. As a geology student, the world is your lab. Your research can take you from Alaska to Bolivia to New Zealand and beyond. You’ll spend three weeks at field school camping, hiking, exploring formations and identifying rock samples. Many students join our internationally recognized faculty on research trips to destinations like Iceland and Hawaii. Building off a 100-year tradition of training leaders, our program is among the top-ranked for quality and value in the nation. While pursuing the geological education option, you’ll learn how to draw accurate geological maps, one of the skills needed to obtain licensing as a Professional Geologist. You’ll start to see the earth and its features in new ways to draw conclusions, hypothesize and analyze.

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