{"id":3184,"date":"2023-05-17T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo-draft\/?page_id=3184"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:26:00","slug":"geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Geology and Geological Oceanography B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geology and Geological Oceanography B.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Geoscience BS\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-geoscience-bs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3196\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3196\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3197\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3197\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3246\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3246\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/geology\/\">Geology<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3198\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/geological-oceanography\/\">Geological Oceanography<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3771\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3771\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/academics\/geology-and-geological-oceanography-b-s\/water-and-climate-sciences\/\">Water and Climate Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">This degree is designed for students with an interest in earth, environmental, oceanographic, or climate science careers or affiliated fields such as environmental law and earth\/environmental science education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geoscientists are employed by three segments of the economy: private, government and academia. Opportunities exist with private companies in environmental protection and management and the petroleum industry has again begun to hire significant number of geologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Geology and Geological Oceanography has three options: (1) Geology (2) Geological Oceanography option and (3) Water and Climate Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three options allow students to take specialty courses focusing on a range of geoscience topics such as environmental geology\/hydrogeology, sedimentology\/stratigraphy\/paleontology, coastal geology\/oceanography, geochemistry\/petrology, geophysics\/tectonics, or climatology\/climate variability and change and supporting elective courses chosen from geosciences, natural resources science, environmental economics, and oceanography. Students may use their supporting electives to pursue in-depth study within a given field or to broaden their interdisciplinary perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The B.S. in Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island is obtained through a combination of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General Education courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting Science courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A core series of Geosciences courses; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specialized Geosciences courses pertaining to the major option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All majors are encouraged to engage in undergraduate research with a Geoscience faculty member.&nbsp; The exposure to cutting-edge Geoscience research engages students outside of the typical classroom setting, while also reinforces learned concepts.&nbsp; All faculty members routinely take students for research during semester and the experience can be used as credit towards a majors degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Advisor<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elizabeth Laliberte Geosciences Professor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/beth-laliberte-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\">Elizabeth Laliberte<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5512<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:elalib@uri.edu\">elalib@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This degree is designed for students with an interest in earth, environmental, oceanographic, or climate science careers or affiliated fields such as environmental law and earth\/environmental science education. Geoscientists are employed by three segments of the economy: private, government and academia. 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