bjbj [J. Nelson] We have such a wide range
of interests among our faculty. I think that
students can always find something that they
d be most interested in. [A. Kadakia] For
a certain high school student, like me, who
was interested in all kinds of sciences, such
as physics, chemistry, and biology, I think
that they should come to IUPUI and at least,
meet people from the department because geology
really does bring physics and chemistry together,
which are my favorite subjects, and that is
what interested me the most because two of
my favorite subjects coming together in one
subject, and you get to see nature and the
things in nature as the way they are, and
you get to think about why the way they are.
[J. Nelson] We have students and professors
that study things like volcanoes. We have
ones that study water. We have ones that study
wetlands and how to restore those. There s
just all of these different options. Recently,
we ve adopted different programs for our degree,
so you can get a degree in just in earth sciences,
follow a more traditional path of geology.
You can get a degree in environmental sciences
and study more of the human impact on geology.
I think that opens up even more opportunities
for students and more ways to find what bests
fits with their interest. [P. Vidon] Environmental
Science degrees offer you a very broad base
experience about science. You re going to
usually, especially for students who take
courses in the BSCS program, they re going
to take courses in the School of Public and
Environmental Affair and geology to geography
to have a broad base understanding earth science
as a whole. [K. Licht] Earth sciences is very
diverse, and so we have faculty members, who
look at sort of traditional hard rock volcanic
materials. We also have people working on
streams and rivers and restorations. You have
to understand something about biology to do
geology well, something about chemistry, something
about physics to do geology well, so it s
a great integrator of science. [V. Hernly]
Well, the geology is the understanding of
the study of the earth, and you can do different
types of studies, different science areas.
If you re interested in chemistry, you can
do geochemistry. If you re interested in biology,
you can study paleontology in earth sciences.
It s a nice program especially if you re someone
who likes to be outdoors because many of the
places where we do geology are outdoor sites.
Many of the different kinds of research and
leisure time activities have to do with outdoor
activities. Many of our graduates go on to
do work in other education, or in government
and being close to Indianapolis, as the capital
of the state of Indiana, there are many jobs
in government that are available. We also
have a large pool of environmental firms in
which students can go and be hired at after
graduation. [A. Schilling] I had no idea the
things that I could do, and I think IUPUI
and our department really gave me all these
opportunities. The main opportunity was beginning
research. There s a program called the Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Program, and through
that, I got to travel. I did research at the
University of Colorado. I went to the Geological
Society of America Conference in Denver. Through
that, I also won a competition through my
research called Posters on the Hill, and I
was able to go down to Washington D.C. and
meet all the senators and representatives,
and there were 60 people in the country chosen
to do that, and I was one of them. [J. Nelson]
There s just so many different things that
you can do based on your interests that I
think geology is one of the majors that has,
I would say, one of the best or the widest
opportunities for jobs afterwards. [P. Vidon]
Well, I think we have a great program that
combines both traditional course work and
also field work and also for a lot of opportunities
for students who do internships with vice
professor and vice sub field of science. [J.
Roell] As soon as I started the major, I had
the opportunity to work in a laboratory, and
so that developed my research interests, and
then taking more advance classes, we had research
projects and that sparked my interest even
more. Those were able to develop into undergraduate
research projects, and I am very lucky to
be able to have conducted research. [K. Licht]
I always involve undergraduates in my research,
so right now, I have three undergraduates
working in my lab on different aspects of
Antarctic research, and that s one of the
things that we really try to promote in our
department is trying to get undergraduates
involved in research as soon as they re interested
and ready to do it. [A. Kadakia] I work in
a lab, where they have ongoing research on
Antarctica, which I think is really unique,
and it has exposed me to a kind of research
which is different, and it s very influential
about what I want to do with geology in the
future. [A. Schilling] Field work is fun.
I love it. I ve gotten to go so many places.
We have a lot of field trips with our classes
and our labs because again, our department
believes it s very important to actually,
physically go out there and do science and
do the geology and look at the geology, and
not just look at pictures or the textbook.
[A. Kadakia] It is a lot of fun. You get to
go out, collect some rocks, and come back
and work on them. It s not a very formal way
of science in the department. Everybody s
free styling. They do what they want to do,
and it s fun. [J. Nelson] Our department and
I would say most of the school of science
too have great professors and great lectures.
They want to meet with students, they want
students to learn, and they want to do things
with students. So you know, if you have a
question, you know that your professor s door
is open, and you can go and talk to them.
I think that s really important, that you
re not just going to class, doing the homework,
going home. You know that if you have a question
you can go see a professor. If you want to
work with other students, you have places
to go to do that. If you want more experience,
you have lots of opportunities to go out and
get that experience. [S. Needy] So when I
came in, I don t think many geology majors
start off wanting to be geology majors, so
coming in as a freshman with a declared geology
major was kind of a new thing for my advisor.
He recognized that, and I told them Hey I
would like maybe one day to be a professor
or to make this my career, and December my
freshman year, he said Oh, we re going out
in the field. Would you like to do research?
And he gave me a project, and I m getting
a publication from that for my undergraduate
research, and that s incredible, that was
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