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WHERE MY NATURAL SCIENTISTS AT?
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so i'm in university and i'm trying to decide on a major before the end of the semester. my choices at the moment in order of interest are as follows: geology, astronomy, physics, math.
now i'm a transfer student but a second year technically, but i'm in mostly freshman/intro classes for geology and astronomy. i have credit from ap calc ab and bc and from ap physics b and c. math is a far off option for me as a major, but i am thinking that i might try to do a math minor. the reason for that being i have a bunch of math classes already done from my first year of school that just about exceed my requirements for the other majors, and the other being that i think calculus is sweet and i'd love to just know more math. also, i've just been told by a few people that if i have a math minor people will be like, "well fuck, this guy has a math minor so he's probably at least a little bit smart."
i am into geology and astronomy about equally right now, but leaning more towards geology. if anyone here is studying/has a degree in geology, would you mind sharing with me the sort of things you do for study/work? i basically want to be going out in the field and examining beautiful natural structures, but i am just not sure what other career choices come with this field of study.
astronomers, same to you.
if anyone else wants to add, what's your science career and how much do you get to ski per year?
TL;DR seeking college major advice about geology and astronomy mostly. what do you do if you are either of those types of scientist?
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Geological engineer? If you are strong with math and love geology it seems perfect. And the job placement is like 100%. Starting salary is like 90k, which is sick.
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After this semester i'm declaring myself as a geology major
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my interest are also geology astronomy physics and math. I took geology for 3 years and then switched into geophysics. Now I am taking some astronomy and might switch programs again.
If you are leaning towards geology I would recommend doing a geophysics degree and take a few astronomy electives. astrophysics basically only starts in third year (you need all the intro math/physics first) so it would be really easy to switch into astrophysics in third year. If you do it the way I did it (all my geology stuff first, then my physics/math) then you might waste a lot of time on courses you don't need if you switch to astronomy.
so basically take your intro math/physics for geophysics and then you will have more time to figure shit out without getting behind. Geophysics is a way better degree than geology IMO.
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ya'll are saying engineering and geophysics, but truth me told i'm not sure what either of those entail. a high starting salary would be rad, but i'll be perfectly clear and say that i really don't want a job working for an oil company.
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Math or physics. Join the ranks of the 4 pure sciences
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just combine all that and go with geophysics.
$$$$$
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okay plz, what the f do people do with geophysics degrees??
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a big application is finding oil using seismics. they're probably more important for that than geologists. they also can do induced polarization surveys and shit for mineral exploration companies. I do geophysical surveys from a helicopter for mining companies in alaska, northern bc, and yukon. at the end of the day i send the data off to our geophysicist and they process it into a map. lots of government jobs for finding water, lots of other shit man. look it up. i just started my second year of geophysics.
mining engineering would be good as well if you're up for it.
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hmmm sounds pretty interesting. i'm not sure if my school has mining engineering though. it does have a badass physics department.
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