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Geology and Environmental Studies Careers

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Taking on the World

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As professionals in careers like environmental consulting or the mining industry, regulatory work at agencies such as the DNR and EPA in states nationwide, and in countless graduate programs across the country, our graduates are out there making names for themselves in industry and academia.

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Where will this degree take me?

The jobs and career paths that await you as a Blugold graduate of the Department of Geology and Environmental Science are literally all over the map:

  • Project lead, Petroleum remediation program, MN Pollution Control Agency
  • Geologist, Maptek Corp.
  • Geosteerer, Sudbrink Geological Consulting
  • Hydrogeologist, WI DNR
  • College geology teacher, California State University-Fullerton
  • Environmental scientist, REI Engineering, Wausau, WI
  • Eau Claire City-County Health Department
  • Driller/geologist, Terracon
  • Directional drilling technician, Halliburton, Lafayette, LA
  • Geologist, Cedar Corp, Menomonie, WI
  • Staff Geologist, Chevron Corp.
  • Water resource engineer, HR Green Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Geological modeling & drill planning, Kensington Gold Mine
  • Geochemist, Virginia Tech
  • Mining specialist, Smart Sand Inc.
  • Field Geologist, Arcadis US, Minneapolis, MN

Career Guidance

The professionals in our Career Services office are here and ready to help our students with not only internships, but career search and placement, as well as resume building that is geared specifically toward geology graduates. They have compiled multiple resources for our geology students, from national and international job listing sites to alumni career stories and job connections.

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Graduate Studies

Here is where some recent UWEC Geology and Environmental Science graduates have gone on to study:

Blugold geology students have gone on to pursue graduate studies at prestigious institutions around the country. These have included:

  • Carleton University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Idaho State University
  • McMaster University
  • Michigan Institute of Technology
  • Montana School of Mines
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Calgary
  • University of California-Berkeley
  • University of Minnesota-Duluth
  • University of Montana
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Western Washington University

 

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Geology and Environmental Science Department

Phillips Science Hall 157
101 Roosevelt Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
United States

715-836-3732