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Department of Geosciences:
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"The Geology Program in the OSU Department of Geosciences grants undergraduate and graduate degrees. Majors have access to a dedicated faculty with a variety of skills and interests. Faculty research projects include the study of earthquake hazards in California, and the Pacific Northwest; mapping the Oregon Coast Range in search of gas fields; studying mineral deposits in the Cordillera; investigating the structure and origin of the mountain ranges; and tracing the eruptive history of western U.S. volcanoes.
Students are exposed to the geologist's real world in many ways. They take field trips sponsored by faculty and by the student-directed Geosciences Club, and they hear from geologists across the country who make scheduled appearances on campus. Geology students enrich their academic experience by attending the OSU Geology Field Camp in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon.
The Geology Program is housed in Wilkinson Hall, a well-equipped building for the earth sciences. Laboratories allow students to examine rock samples in detail using a variety of instruments, such as petrographic microscopes, an electron microprobe analyzer, and X-ray equipment.
The Department of Geosciences includes 20 regular faculty, 30 adjunct, courtesy, or emeritus faculty, 8 researchers, 60 graduate students, and 95 undergraduate majors pursuing education, research, and service in the diverse fields of geography, geology, environmental sciences, and natural resources. Research strengths of the department are in physical and resource geography, geographic information science, geomorphology, petrology, geologic structure, sedimentary geology, and surficial processes."
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