Career Paths

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Career Paths
Undergraduate degree
1. Geotechnical (need State Registration)
2. Hydrological 3. Environmental 4.
Teaching/education

• Graduate School
• Geo-sci
• Edu
• Law school
• Policy

1. Academia 2. Government research
institutions 3. Teaching/education 4. Policy
advisement 5. Hazards management 6. Legal
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Skill Sets

• Graduate School

• Industry

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Skill Sets

• Graduate School

• Industry (without advanced degree)

• Effective writing
• State Registration (need to pass
  Geologist-In-Training exam first)
• Geologic evolution of AZ
• Mining geology (igneous petrology)
• Soil mechanics
• Aerial photo interpretation
• Hydrology
• Sedimentology
• Structural Geology - mechanics
• GIS
• Generate cross-sections
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Mapping
• Landslides, flood zones, etc.
• Environmental techniques
• Soil remediation

• Effective writing skills
• GIS
• Depends on field of interest
• Usually need many and more of the same skills
  listed to the right ?