Programs and Opportunities

• Choose the A.B. or B.S. degree option for the Geology major, both with a common core of requirements.
• Select an emphasis in Environmental or Solid Earth processes.
• Enjoy hands-on field and laboratory experiences through course work.
• Gain additional practical experience through independent research and summer internships.
• Travel and explore geology in a number of domestic and international locations.
• Become involved in social and professional activities through the student-run Miami University Geological Society.
• Prepare yourself for an exciting career as an earth/environmental scientist or earth science educator.
• Prepare yourself for advanced study and research in graduate school or other professional school.
• Uncertain about a geology major? Consider a minor in geology, the environmental science co-major or a geology thematic sequence.

Teaching Faculty and Staff

Mark R. Boardman (Director IES)
Michael R. Brudzinski
Hays R. Cummins (Western College)
Brian S. Currie
Yildirim Dilek
Hailiang Dong
William K. Hart (Chair)
Kendall Hauer(Museum Manager)
Paul Holm
Kathryn Kilroy
David Kuentz
Jonathan Levy (Chief Departmental Advisor)
John F. Rakovan
Jason A. Rech
Janelle Sikorski
Elisabeth Widom (Director of Graduate Studies)

Off-Campus Summer Courses

• GLG 411 Field Geology (U.S. and Canadian Rocky Mountains)
• GLG 412 Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica
• GLG 413 Tropical Marine Ecology
• GLG 414 Coastal Ecology of the Bahamas
• GLG 415 Coral Reef Ecology
• Other opportunities in any given year

Student-Faculty Research

• Geomicrobilogy and life in extreme environments
• Geophysics, seismology, and mantle dynamics
• Hydrogeology and contaminant transport
• Igneous petrology and volcanology
• Isotope geochemistry - radiogenic and stable
• Low-temperature geochemistry
• Mineralogy and crystallography
• Mineral surface geochemistry
• Paleoclimatology and geomorphology
• Sedimentology and stratigraphy
• Tectonics and structural geology

For more information, contact:

Mrs. Cathy Edwards
Administrative Assistant
Department of Geology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
513-529-3216
E-mail: edwardca@muohio.edu

www.muohio.edu/geology/