查德隆州立大学地球科学专业

地球科学学位可以面对面或在线获得. Your online courses will be enhanced with summer field experience.

马上申请

地球科学家在物理科学方面受过广泛的训练, with emphasis on problem solving skills related to Earth processes and resources. CSC的地球科学学位是面向领域的, meaning students are trained in skills of observing and interpreting phenomena in nature. Our 地球科学 degree will help you develop the skills to enter technical fields in petroleum, 矿业, 或者环境资源管理, 或者去读其他领域的研究生, 比如地球物理学或古生物学


地球科学在线

CSC的在线地球科学学位是同类课程中唯一的一个. We think both our online and face-to-face students have an advantage because they learn problem-solving skills along with students in other parts of the world. Collaboration in the information age—in a world without borders—lends a personal perspective to global study of the Earth sciences.

The distributed “field camp” gives our students significant field experience over their undergraduate career, 集中在三个为期两周的夏季课程. So technically the online degree program is not 100% online since students are asked to commit to attending these two-week sessions each May. But field experience is critical to understanding how the Earth works and we think the small annual sacrifice is worth the benefits. Students also gain field experience without direct supervision of a professor. Students start developing this autonomy in the first course—physical geology—and keep working at it through the course sequence. Good field practices are reinforced and documented in the writing of professional reports, 每个班级都使用哪些.


常见问题

地球科学与地质学有何不同?

地质学是地球科学的一门, 在地球物理学, 水文, 海洋学, 大气与行星科学. CSC’s 地球科学 program is called that because we promote a strong foundation in the physical sciences with an emphasis on geology.

拥有地球科学学位有什么工作可做?

With degree in 地球科学 from Chadron State College you can get a job right out of college in some fields with strong demand, 包括油田泥浆测井, 水质抽样, GIS制图技术员, 地质现场助理或实验室助理. 大多数入门级工作都涉及一些实地工作. Many more 地球科学 jobs will be available to you if you decide to go on to graduate school. 事实上, the 地球科学 field is among the fastest growing job markets for people with a master’s-degree level education.

什么是野战营?

Field camp is an intensive course in mapping and field geology techniques. Traditionally a six-credit-hour field camp is taken between the junior and senior years of a geology or 地球科学 program. 然而, because of the need to introduce and reinforce field methods, 以及在网络环境下做这些的挑战, CSC的野外营地分为三个部分, which a student takes at the end of freshman through junior years. In the annual field camp you will practice geology skills learned in the classroom, 学习新的野外绘图技能, 获得在世界不同地区工作的经验, 了解你的在线同学和面对面的学生.

CSC的地球科学学位要花多少钱?

商务办公室有一个 成本计算器 你可以用它来估算你的出勤成本.

我在高中应该如何准备?

You should take high school physical science and as much physics and chemistry as possible. 如果有, 选一门地质学是个好主意, 地球科学或综合科学课程. 也, 打下扎实的英语写作基础, because geoscientists need to be able to write and speak clearly.You should take high school physical science and as much physics and chemistry as possible. 如果有, 选一门地质学是个好主意, 地球科学或综合科学课程. 也, 打下扎实的英语写作基础, because geoscientists need to be able to write and speak clearly.

为什么我要上这么难的课?

地球科学 is an applied science; you need to be able to apply the concepts and problem-solving skills of chemistry, 物理和数学对地球系统概念的影响. Your 地球科学 classes give you experience with rich observational and theoretical practices rooted in field observation. It is the combination of proficiency in analytical sciences and field observation that will make you an effective geoscientist.

我可以在线获得整个地球科学学位吗?

主要是. 除了野外夏令营，你可以在网上上所有的课. There is really no way for you to get good at interpreting geology in the field without the hands-on guidance of a professor. You will be required to attend field camp for two weeks each May. This small sacrifice will make a big difference in your learning throughout the program.

不要面对面（F2F）的学生有一个优势?

我们尽可能地给所有的地球科学学生, 无论是学习F2F还是在线学习, 同样的经历. We do this by encouraging F2F students and online students to work in problem-solving teams, and at a higher level to develop a community of 地球科学 students. This enhances the learning experience for students in both modes of the course.

这里有很多会议和合作的机会?

All CSC 地球科学 students are encouraged to participate in professional conferences and field trips. Students often attend the annual GSA conference, around the end of October. 看到 geosociety.org/meetings. GSA Conferences are held in cities around North America, with alternate years in Denver. 这个系每年秋天都有为期三天的实地考察活动, 通常在九月底, 停在怀俄明州和内布拉斯加州的不同地点. This excursion is run as a course experience either for sedimentology (odd-numbered years) or rocks and minerals (even-numbered years), but all 地球科学 and science education majors are invited to attend Each spring we attend the meetings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 在林肯的内布拉斯加州卫斯理大学举行. The physical science capstone students present result of their research at this conference. This is another opportunity for students taking courses online to interact professionally with those from the face-to-face setting.

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