Students with majors in other areas may find that a minor in Earth Sciences provides sufficient background for employment in the geosciences or geoscience-related positions in the petroleum and mining industries, the environmental field, etc.
The School of Earth Sciences offers eight subprograms in the Earth Sciences minor. Each minor program requires a coherent set of Earth Science courses and prerequisite courses. The subprograms presently available as minors are:
- Earth Sciences
- Geoarchaeology
- Mineralogy and Petrology
- Economic Geology
- Geochemistry
- Paleontology
- Environmental Studies
- Geophysics
See the Minor Program Requirements [pdf] document for each program's course requirements. More detailed information on specific minor tracks is available from the School of Earth Sciences (275 Mendenhall Lab) or the College of Arts and Sciences (Denney Hall 100). Minor programs that represent variations from one of the specific minor tracks may be approved by the SES undergraduate advisor (Dr. Karen Royce).
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Advising information
Director of Undergraduate Studies (Earth Sciences): Professor Ann Cook, cook.1129@osu.edu
Undergraduate Academic Advisor (Earth Sciences): Dr. Karen Royce, royce.6@osu.edu, 614-292-6961