Department of Geology

Earth is our home. Earth is also an active, dynamic planet. The processes that shape and change our planet have economic, anthropologic, and social ramifications.

Geology is the study of the processes that shape the solid Earth through time, and their interaction with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Societal issues addressed by the geosciences

Geology is essential for finding solutions to natural hazard mitigation, pollution and waste disposal, energy and mineral exploration, as well as civil engineering investigations.

Geologists work to understand the Earth through field work, rock descriptions, mapping, geophysical techniques, chemical analyses, physical experiments, and numerical modeling.

What Geoscientists do

The Department of Geology offers degrees and certificates that prepare students for careers in industry, government, or academia.

The geology program at Wichita State offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), a Certificate in Environment and Sustainability, and a Master of Science (MS) degree through the Earth, Environmental and Physical Science (EEPS) Program.

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