地质学或地球科学学士学位

全面发展的 -你是否喜欢行业中的挑战, 政府, 教学, 或研究, your geology degree from Cedarville will prepare you for graduate school or a career. 我们尝试将您的职业目标与个性化相匹配 辅导和职业指导. 实验室和现场经验, 结合课堂讲座, give you the well-rounded education that is expected of quality geology programs.

圣经 — You will learn how science and Scripture intersect through a variety of courses that integrate the Bible and geology. You will study geology from both biblical and evolutionary perspectives, which will help you develop 出色的批判性思维能力.

有经验的教师 -你向曾经教过课的老师学习, 研究, 发表, 在政府工作, 学术界, 和行业. They belong to the major secular and creation geological societies, and they lead trips 到北美的主要地质地点.

最先进的设备 — You will learn in state-of-the-art lab facilities using hi-tech equipment. 你将使用地下水监测设备, 专业显微镜, 岩石锯, 古生物学的准备 设备、3d打印机和GIS软件. 该项目还拥有三架无人机, which you will learn to fly and use for various types of geological research and 监控ing.

广泛的课程 -你可以学习物理地质学, 更传统的地质学课程，包括夏季野外露营, 和地球科学, which will prepare you for a career in the growing 场 of 环境地质.

严谨和跨学科 -你将学习数学课程, 统计数据, 物理, 化学, 和生物学，并接触到物理和历史地质学, 无脊椎动物古生物学, 科学哲学, 矿物学, 岩石学, 地貌学, 环境地质, 构造地质学, 地质数据, 野外营地, 石油地质学, 水文地质, 土壤, 地层学, and sedimentology and a course that will help prepare you for the Professional Geology (PG) licensure 考试. You will also take geographic information systems because of its wide use in many geologic disciplines.

地质学学位能做什么? With a degree in geology 和地球科学, you can find employment in the following 场s:

• 经济地质: all types of 矿业 and mineral extraction from the earth including gold, 铜, 银, 煤炭, 和铁
• 工程地质: 建筑规划及建造顾问, 道路, 桥梁, 垃圾填埋场, and tunnels and planning against the effect of earthquakes and other geological disasters
• 环境地质: 水和土壤的测试和修复, 有毒化学品清理, 环境影响顾问, 气候变化的研究和影响
• 环境法律: litigation of various aspects dealing with the environment and human impact
• 野外地质学: 制作地图, 监测地质灾害(地震), 火山, 海啸)，并研究它们对人类的潜在影响, 实地研究及解释
• 地质教育: 从童年中期到博士阶段，机会比比皆是.D. 水平
• 政府机构: 联邦, state and local agencies hire geologists for various kinds of work including hydrology, 矿业, 规管及环境问题
• 历史地质: studying the past history and life of earth, paleontology and paleoclimatology
• 水文地质与水文: 专门研究地下水和河流地质的各个方面
• 石油地质: 勘探和开采石油、天然气和煤
• 科学写作和编辑: 撰写和编辑科学文章和书籍

Approximately half of our graduates seek immediate employment in a wide variety of geology or environmentally related 场s, 在学术界寻找职位, 环保公司, 污水处理设施, 在石油行业也是如此.

Others have chosen to move directly into graduate school, being accepted in schools such as:

• 科罗拉多矿业学院
• 劳伦特大学
• 洛马林达大学
• 迈阿密大学
• 芝加哥大学
• 德克萨斯大学
• 弗吉尼亚理工大学

Graduate and professional programs and employers welcome Cedarville University graduates each year. It is important to note that some professional career 场s you may pursue require additional education, 经验, and/or licensure beyond the completion of your Cedarville University undergraduate degree.

实地考察旅行 -几乎我们的每一门地质学课程都有相关的实地考察. Cedarville is ideally located so students have many opportunities for local 场 trips to study glacial features, 收集化石, 监控 井场，探索洞穴或大规模浪费过程. Some of our classes take extended 场 trips to the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Mt. St. Helens, Anza Borrego沙漠，或者落基山脉. 每年秋天，我们大多数专业的学生都会参加 他在美国国家地质学会会议上进行了研究.

通过这里探索当地化石 识别指南 由博士制作. 惠特莫尔和以前的学生. As a geology student, you'll get to learn about and 收集化石 from these same formations!

顶石的经验 — You will complete a yearlong senior project that includes making a proposal, 完成研究, 并展示结果. The project addresses both the practical and philosophical aspects of an issue in our created world and often leads to the publication or presentation of results in a geological society national forum. 我们也鼓励和指导地质写作, 这使得我们的学生和毕业生发表了大量的出版物.

以你的核心文科和圣经辅修课程为基础, 你将学习数学课程, 统计数据, 物理, 化学, 和生物学，并接触到物理和历史地质学, 无脊椎动物古生物学, 科学哲学, 矿物学, 岩石学, 地貌学, 环境地质, 构造地质学, 地质数据, 野外营地, 石油地质学, 水文地质, 土壤, 地层学, and sedimentology and a course that will help prepare you for the Professional Geology (PG) licensure 考试. You will also take geographic information systems because of its wide use in many geologic disciplines.

这个专业提供加速课程 本科's-to-master的途径 专为有意攻读MBA的学生而设.

样本课程:

• 环境地质
  
• 地质学的科学哲学与研究方法