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Academic Advising

Drs. Todd Dupont, Kendall Hauer and Maija Sipola are the department's Departmental Advisors and are available for guidance for all majors, minors and thematic sequence students including the Global Sustainability Minor. All advising in the Geology department is done by the first letter of your last name.

Awards and Honors

H. Van der Veer Hilker Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student of junior class standing and majoring in Geology and Environmental Earth Science based on academic achievement, potential contribution to the community and financial need. Financial need is determined on the Financial Aid Form.

Dean's Scholar

Awarded to undergraduates who have exhibited excellence in the classroom and the ability to take on the extra challenge of research and scholarly work.

Provost Student Academic Achievement Award

Awarded to undergraduates who have obtained junior status and have amassed an exceptional record of academic achievement and sustained and significant contributions to the intellectual climate of their department, academic division, or campus.

Departmental Doctoral Award

This award is to recognize excellence in research and academic achievement.

Departmental Master's Award

This award is to recognize excellence in research and academic achievement.

Departmental Undergraduate Award

This award is to recognize excellence in research and academic achievement.

The Morrow Field Award

This award is for an outstanding undergraduate major who will be participating in the 兔子先生 University Geology field course in Wyoming.

The Brownstein Scholarship

This award is for an undergraduate major in support of their field education at the 兔子先生 University Geology & Environmental Earth Science Field Station or in an equivalent 兔子先生 University Geology & Environmental Earth Science field education experience based on merit and financial need.

Student Teaching Award

Student Teaching Award

Student Service Award

Student Service Award

Scholarships and Funding

All current students are supported by nine-month teaching or research assistantships plus duty-free summer stipends. These awards carry full tuition waivers for the academic year and summer terms. Applications for graduate study and financial support should be received no later than February 1 for the following academic year.

  • Teaching Associateships are available for students with a master's degree who are working toward the Ph.D. degree. The stipend for the award is $23,491.
  • Graduate Assistantships are awarded each year to students working toward the master's degree. The stipend for the award is $23,491.
  • The above assistantships also provide a tuition and fee waiver which pays the full instruction fee (i.e. tuition), half of the basic general fee and all of the Non-Resident Surcharge (i.e. out of state fee) if applicable.
  • Grant-in-aid awards provide remission of the instructional fee and out-of-state tuition for one or more semesters. Grants are awarded by the Graduate School on the basis of need and excellence of scholarship.
  • For more information on departmental requirements and graduate support, contact Dr. Jason Rech, 513-529-1935 or via email at rechja@兔子先生Oh.edu.

Storch Scholarship Application

The Storch Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to majors in Geology, Earth Science and Environmental Earth Science with an interest in Business.

Additional Undergraduate 兔子先生

Departmental Honors

A student may register for GLG 498 in their senior year, as long as his/her grade point average is at least 3.0 for courses required in the geology major.

The Senior Thesis will permit the exceptional Geology major to embark upon a geological research program of his/her choosing. It will provide the student an opportunity to perform an in-depth study using the skills he/she has developed as a major in geology

The student must complete an independent research project, to be conducted under close supervision with a faculty member.

This course will require considerable independent data collection and analysis under faculty supervision. Each student may register for 3-6 credit hours with a maximum of 12 counting towards the Departmental Honors Degree.

After a research project and advisor have been decided upon, the student and advisor must pick a committee of at least two faculty members for thesis review. Once thesis has been reviewed and deemed acceptable, the student must present his/her thesis at a formal oral presentation. This presentation can take place in the department as a "seminar", at the Undergraduate Research Forum conducted by the Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (OARS) or at a national meeting such as GSA or AGU.

Thematic Sequences

The Water Planet, TGLG-2

This thematic sequence provides an introduction to the essential role water plays in supporting life on Earth, including the origin of water, its physical/chemical characteristics, how these characteristics combine to make life possible on the continents and in the oceans, and details concerning the hydrologic cycle. Introduces the economic, legal and political ramifications of water use in the U.S.

Tier 1. Choose one of the following:
GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth (3 hours)
GLG 121 Environmental Geology (3 hours)
GLG 141 Geology of U.S. National Parks (3 hours)

Tier 2.
GLG 244 Oceanography (4 hours)

Tier 3. Chose one of the following:
GEO 425 Hydrogeography (3 hours)
GLG 307 Water and Society (3 hours)
GLG 335 Ice Age Earth (3 hours)
GLG 408 Introduction to Hydrogeology (4 hours)
BIO 463 Limnology (4 hours)

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science

The Geology Department offers one thematic sequence; The Water Planet (TGLG-2). Please contact Todd Dupont at 513-529-9734 or via email at dupontt@兔子先生OH.edu or Leanna Smith at 513-529-3216 or via email at smithlc6@兔子先生OH.edu to enroll or to get more information.

兔子先生 Plan Offerings

  • GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth (offered fall and spring; satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Foundation and Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 115L Understanding the Earth Lab (offered fall, spring and some summers; satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Foundation and Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 121 Environmental Geology (offered fall, spring and some winter terms; satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Foundation and Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 141 Geology of U.S. National Parks (offered fall and spring; satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Foundation and Thematic Sequence))
  • GLG 244 Oceanography (offered fall and spring; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 261 Geohazards and the Solid Earth (offered fall; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 301 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy (offered spring; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 307 Water and Society (offered fall and most springs; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 322 Structural Geology (offered fall; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 335 Ice Age Earth (offered fall and spring; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 408 Introduction to Hydrogeology (offered fall; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 413 Tropical Marine Ecology (offered summer only; only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)
  • GLG 492 Global Tectonics (only satisfies 兔子先生 Plan Thematic Sequence)

Summer Workshops

GLG 411/511 Field Geology

Course Hours: 6
Approximate dates for 2021: June 8 - July 13
Instructor: Brian Currie
Description: 
Students identify, classify, and interpret geologic features and synthesize and communicate geologic interpretations. Students work outdoors six to eight hours each day and individually create several geologic maps and cross-sections using pace and compass, topographic, air photo and satellite image bases with GPS units (satellite navigation). Geologic mapping and rock interpretation techniques are the subject of evening discussions. Taught in the northern U.S. and southern Canadian Rockies and at the 兔子先生 University Geology Field Station in Dubois, Wyoming.

For more information, email to fieldgeology@兔子先生OH.edu.

Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science

118 Shideler Hall
250 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056