4MajorOp*ons/ManyCareerOp*ons•GeologicalSciences(BS):Forstudentswhoexpecttomakegeologyanimportantcomponentoftheircareer,

e.g.,inengineering/environmentalconsul<ng,oilandgasexplora<on,mineralexplora<onandmining,andfederal&stategovernment;italsoprovidesrigorousprepara<onforgraduatestudy.

•EnvironmentalGeology(BS):Forstudentswhowishtoworkintheenvironmentalsector,whichatpresentisthelargestemployerofgeoscien<stsintheU.S.;itsfocusisoncharacterizingprocessesandhazardsinthemodernshallowsubsurface;italsopreparesstudentsforgraduatestudy.

•PlanetaryScience(BS):forstudentswhowishtopursuearesearchcareer,e.g.,atuniversi<es,researchins<tu<ons,governmentfacili<essuchasNASA,andmuseums;focusesonphysicalandgeochemicalprocessesinourSolarSystem;facilitatesinterdisciplinaryknowledgeinmathema<cs,physics,chemistry,andbiology,andiswellsuitedtostudentstransferringfromotherSTEMdisciplines;preparesstudentsforgraduatestudy.

•LiberalArts(BA):forstudentswhohaveaninterestintheEarthandplanetarysciencesandplantopursueacareerinscienceeduca<on,communica<on&journalism,medicine,environmentallaw&policy,business,etc.

MedianSalaryforGeosciences:$90k(AmericanGeologicalIns<tute,2015)||Star*ngsalaryinNJwithB.S.:~$50k

Careersthatmakeaworldofdifference

Earth&PlanetaryScienceseps.rutgers.edu

Oil and Gas:16%

EnvironmentalServices:40%

4-YearUniversity:9%

K-12Education:3%

FederalGovernment:

11%

Nonprofit/NGO:4%

ResearchInstitute:2%

InformationServices:7%

Agriculture/Forestry/Fishery:2%

State or LocalGovernment:4%

Finance:2%

GraduateswithaBA/BS

Trilobitefossil StructuralGeologyfieldtrip,WestMilford,NJ

MarsRoverCuriosity/NASA

Icelandicvolcano

Collec<ngsamplesinCostaRica

Samplinggroundwaterfromanaturalspring

Employmentsectorsfor

geoscien<sts(fromAmerican

GeologicalIns<tute)

Calculus1 4 Calculus1 4 Calculus1 4 Calculus1 4Calculus2orStats 4 Calculus2 4 Calculus2 4

Calculus3orStats 4GenChemistry1 4 GenChemistry1 4 GenChemistry1 4 GenChemistry1 4

GeneralChemistry2 4GenPhysics1 3 GenPhysics1 3 GeneralPhysics1 3

GeneralPhysics2 3Subtotal 15 Subtotal 15 Subtotal 26 Subtotal 8

Introgeology 4 Introgeology 4 Introgeology 4 Introgeology 4Mineralogy 4 Mineralogy 4 Mineralogy 4 Mineralogy 4Petrology 4 Petrology 4 Petrology 4 Petrology 4

Geochemistry 4 Environ.geochem. 3 Geochemistry 4MajoreventsinEarth

history3

MajoreventsinEarthhistory

3

Sedimentarygeol. 4 Sedimentarygeol. 4 Sedimentarygeol. 4Paleontology 4 Paleontology 4

Structuralgeology 4 Structuralgeology 4 Structuralgeology 4Geophysics 4 Geophysics 4FieldGeology 3 Fieldgeology 3 FieldMethods 2

Hydrogeology 3Environmentalgeol. 3

PlanetMars/Geologyofmoons&planets

3

Structure&formationofterrestrialplanets/Planetarydynamics

3

Subtotal 38 Subtotal 36 Subtotal 25 Subtotal 26

Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective(100&above)* 3Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective(300&above) 3Elective 3 Elective 3 Elective 3

Elective 3 Elective 3Subtotal 9 Subtotal 12 Subtotal 12 Subtotal 6

Totalcredits 62 Totalcredits 63 Totalcredits 63 Totalcredits 40

ElectiveCou

rses

*IncludesGeneralPhysics1andGeneralBiology1

Evol.Geol.Time,Geol.Context,MarineGeol.,Micropaleo.,HistoryofEarthSystem,Paleoceanogr.,StableIsotopesEnv.,Sem.Seq.

Strat,Hydrol.Processes,Hydrogeol.,Tect.RegionalStruc.Geol.,Struc.Form.Terr.Planet,DynamicsPlanetInteriors,Adv.Tectonics,GroundwaterModel.,SeismicAcquisitionProcessing,Geochron.,Env.Geochem.,

Meteoritics,Volcanol.,IsotopeGeochem.,Sem.Geochron.,Sem.Petrology,Gen.Chem.2,Gen.Bio1&2,Gen.Physics2,Sci.Tech.

Writing

Scientific&TechnicalWriting,GeographicInformationSystems,RemoteSensing,IntroductiontoGeochemistry,Geomorphology,GeologicModeling,Chemical

PrincipalsofEnvironmentalScience,PhysicalPrinciplesofEnvironmentalScience,NumericalMethodsin

EnvironmentalScience,EnvironmentalFate&Transport

Scientific&TechnicalWriting,GeographicInformationSystems,RemoteSensing,IntroductiontoSedimentaryGeology,StructuralGeology&GeologicMaps,

HydrologicProcesses,GeologicModeling,DynamicsofPlanetaryInteriors,HistoryofEarthSystem,SeminarinPlanetarySciences,LinearAlgebraorCalc.4,

PrinciplesofAstrophysics

EnvironmentalGeologyOption(BS)

PlanetaryScienceOption(BS)

LiberalArts/GeneralOption(BA)

Cognate

GeologicalSciencesOption(BS)

Core

Electives

RequiredMajorCourses

MinorinGeologicalSciences:IntroductoryGeologyplus5courses,2ofwhichmustbeat300levelorhigher.

Earth&PlanetaryScienceseps.rutgers.edu

RutgersinternworkingatNASA

Analyzingseismicimages

Mappingsedimentsbelowseafloor

FieldtripinUtah