Beyond PetroleumWHAT CAN GEOLOGY DO FOR YOU?

Industry TrendsTransferable SkillsWhat You Can Do

Stats from AGI Exit Survey

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What do BS Geology graduates look like nationally? 2015

What do BS Geology graduates look like nationally? 2015

And a good core of standard geology classes.

Industry TrendsTransferable SkillsWhat You Can Do

Transferable Skills = Marketable Skills

Geoscience Students are Trained in …• Technical Writing, Research, Applied Science, Advanced Math

Geoscience Students develop • Analytical, Problem Solving, Communication, and Management Skills

Transferable Skills = Marketable SkillsGeoscience Students are Trained to

• Collect, analyze, and interpret large, incomplete, and messy data sets

• Make detailed observations of complex temporal and spatial data (4-dimensions)

• Analyze data using geology, physics, chemistry, and advanced math

• Work with complex computer software

• Make predictions based on observed past behavior of systems

• Work with other scientists to solve some of societies biggest problems

Industry TrendsTransferable Skills = Marketable SkillsWhat You Can Do

What You Can Do

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What You Can Do

Meet with your advisorPrepare a “Grad Plan”

Choose the major that’s right for you• Geology• Earth Science Education• Geoscience Computing• Environmental Geoscience

Learn more in the catalog and on our department website.

What You Can DoThink outside the Geology Grad School box:

• MBA• Public Administration• Law• Medicine• Environmental Science• GIS• Disaster Management• Construction Management• Water Resources• Economics or Finance• Engineering …

What You Can Do

Diversify

• Business• Economics• Engineering• Soils

What You Can Do

Increase Quantitative Skills

• Statistics• More Math (differential equations & linear algebra)• Computer Programming

What You Can Do

Create a Professional Portfolio

• Document your marketable skills • Major Class Projects • Significant Lab Reports• Technical Writing Sample

What You Can Do

Learn to Network and Get Involved

• P2B Conference• Sit by and talk with new people at

devotional and in classes

• Join Geology Society, AAPG, Student-Mentored Research, TA (helps resume and letters of recommendation)

What You Can Do

Have Faith Stay PositivePray for Guidance

Geology … it’s more than rocks!