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Maryville's geologic setting is typical of the midwest. Intercontinental seas deposited thick sequences of marine rocks during the Paleozoic Era that have been sculpted into gently rolling hills by glacial and river action. Much of the bedrock in the northwest portion of Missouri is buried beneath glacial till and loess that creates a thick, fertile soil cover.
During the past decade, our graduates have been placed in graduate programs or professional geology careers with starting salaries ranging up to $30,000. In 1996, we added an Environmental Geology degree, which offers even more career options. Many former students are now earning more than $50,000 per year. The web sites of the Geological Society of America and of the American Geological Institute give more detailed information about these careers. It is not surprising, therefore, that ours is a prosperous and growing geoscience department with approximately 50 undergraduate majors and minors in geology
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The department offers several degree options for the geology major. A student may receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in geology, in which case a minor is also required. Bachelor of Science degrees in geology are offered for general geology or environmental geology. A minor is not required for the B.S. degree. The Unified Science major in earth science is available for those students in secondary education.
The following are suggested courses for the Bachelor of Science degree offerings.
| Comprehensive Geology Concentration | Environmental Geology Concentration |