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Department of Geology
Kent State University
221 McGilvrey Hall
330-672-2680

geology@kent.edu

 

 

Free Tutoring for all Geology CORE Courses

Experienced Geology graduate students and lab instructors answer your questions, beginning week three of each semester, in MCG 223, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  No appointment necessary.  Chemistry I tutoring is also available for our majors.  
  • Students visit CVNP

    Field Trip to Cuyahoga Valley NP

    Beautiful weather and local geology conspired to bring out nearly 100 students to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Sunday April 15. Students from the Stark Campus in Dr. Carrie Schweitzer’s Earth History class and the Kent Campus in Dr. Rod Feldmann’s Earth History class and the Earth History Laboratory sections run by Adina and Ovidiu Franţescu and Cristina Robins enjoyed the trip.Students examined weathering of headstones, stream erosion, and rock types and formation of ledges in the park. For many, it was their first trip and a great introduction to our National Park!  See other Field Trips offered in undergraduate classes in Geology.
  • photo by Sean Hunter

    Mississippian-Pennslyvania Strata of West Virginia

    The students in the Department of Geology's upper division Sedimentology and Stratigraphy class had the opportunity to put what they learned in the classroom to practical use this weekend. With spectacular weather - and about one third of our majors in tow - Dr. Ortiz headed down to wild and wonderful West Virginia with his students to travel back in time and study geologic formations laid down under shallow marine and coastal conditions about 350 to 300 million years ago during the transition from the Mississippian to the Pennsylvanian Periods. Photo by Sean Hunter.  See other Field Trips offered in undergraduate classes in Geology.
  • WV Field Trip Group Photo by Sean Hunter

    Mississippian-Pennslyvania Strata of West Virginia

    Students had the opportunity to integrate what they learned in Earth Materials, Invertebrate Paleontology and Structural Geology as they identified geologic formations, found fossil plants and animals and study erosive formation boundaries between sedimentary strata generated by the tectonic forces of continental collision. Photo by Sean Hunter.  See other Field Trips offered in undergraduate classes in Geology.

  • River in WV photo by Joe Ortiz

    Mississippian-Pennslyvania Strata of West Virginia

    New River Gorge as seen from Grandview Overlook, West Virginia. Photo by Joseph Ortiz.  See other Field Trips offered in undergraduate classes in Geology.

  • MappingQuadratsAtCaesar Creek

    Paleontology Field Trip

    With beautiful April weather, Professors Rod Feldmann and Carrie Schweitzer lead paleontology students to Caesar Creek (Ordovician), Oakes Quarry (Silurian), and East Quarry (Devonian) to collect fossil specimens and map quadrats.  See other Field Trips offered in undergraduate classes in Geology.

Department of Geology

The Department of Geology at Kent State University offers four-year programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, B.S. Environmental Geology Concentration and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Geology as well as the Bachelor of Arts in Earth Science. Students can also pursue graduate study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology. The atmosphere within the department is personalized and informal with major emphasis placed on teaching as well as on research. Most undergraduate major classes are small (10-30 students). Close faculty-student relationships are established by participation in various field trips and several annual student-faculty social events, including the fall picnic and the spring banquet.

Colloquium is held Fridays at 2:15 pm in room 234 McGilvrey Hall. Click here for our current schedule.

Summer 2012

Intersession   (May 14 – June1, 2012)

CRN 10074   GEOL 11040  (3 cr)   Earth Dynamics
MTWR  9:00 am-12:00 pm  MCG 234
CRN 10076   GEOL 11041  (1 cr)   Earth Dynamics Lab
MTWR  12:20 pm-2:05 pm  MCG 236
CRN 10082   GEOL 21080  (3 cr)   Oceanography
MTWR  12:10 pm – 3:10 pm  MCG 234

Summer I   (June 4 – July 7, 2012)

CRN 10823   GEOL 11042  (3 cr)   Earth History   WEB COURSE
CRN 10824   GEOL 11043  (1 cr)   Earth History Lab  WEB COURSE
CRN 13085   GEOL 11043  (1 cr)   Earth History Lab
MW 10:00 am – 11:45 am   MCG 233

Summer III   (July 9 – August 11, 2012)

CRN 10553   GEOL 11040  (3 cr)   Earth Dynamics  WEB COURSE
CRN 14131   GEOL 11041  (1 cr)   Earth Dynamics Lab  WEB COURSE
CRN 10554   GEOL 11041  (1 cr)   Earth Dynamics Lab  
MW 10:00 am – 11:45 am   MCG 236
CRN 12978   GEOL 41073  (3 cr)   Geology of Ohio  WEB COURSE

Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences 2012

Applications being accepted through May 15, 2012 for the Kent State University Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences, which will annually provide 21 undergraduate scholarships, averaging $5,000 each to promising science students. Application details are here.


Growing Demand for Geology Degree 
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