What is Geology
What are the Geosciences
Why UTEP?
The Program | There are many career opportunities in the geosciences. The oil industry employs many geologists and geophysicists to find and produce oil and natural gas. Geoscientists work in the environmental industry to clean up hazardous chemical spills, to protect wetlands and groundwater, to design waste facilities and in many other tasks. Government employs a growing number of geologists in jobs that range from determining where landslide might occur to helping to determine where roads should be built, to using satellite imagery to show how a city is growing. Geologists also do research in government laboratories such as Los Alamos National Laboratory and government agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey. Many geologists teach science in middle schools and high schools. Colleges and universities also employ geologists and geophysicists to conduct research and to teach.
The White Sands record climate change in their movement and formation.
Other reasons:
- It is a profession that rates highly in job satisfaction.
- Starting salaries average in the mid $30,000 for graduates and students with master's degrees often expect to be paid over $100,000 within five years.
- Geologists have the opportunity to work all over the world. This year UTEP geologists worked in Canada, Mexico, the Alps, the Himalayas and Africa
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