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Department of Geoscience

Undergraduate Programs

A geoscience undergraduate degree places you front and center in the biggest lab of them all: the universe. As a geoscience major, you'll develop the critical skills necessary to explore and analyze the natural sciences that relate to the earth and its environment: astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography.

Geology Track, Geology, BS

Energy Resources Track, Geology, BS

Environmental Track, Geology, BS

Earth and Space Science Education, BSEd

Shale Gas Energy Certificate (interdepartmental)

Geology Minor

Planetarium

The Geoscience Department’s nine-meter planetarium is an outstanding teaching tool used extensively in undergraduate instruction, both in introductory astronomy courses and in classes for Earth and Space Science teaching majors, and is available for group visits by schools, scouts, or adult groups.

Support IUP Geoscience Students
Please consider a donation to the Joseph C. Clark Research Scholarship, Geoscience Foundation, the Paul Prince Memorial Scholarship, the Walt Granata Memorial Scholarship, and the Next Generation Field Geology Fund.
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News
Events

IUP Credited During National Science Foundation Symposium

Geoscience Students Present Virtually on Plastic-to-Brittle Exhumation History of Taiwan Metamorphic Core

Lewis Co-Publishes on Active Tectonic Fault in Western Taiwan

Warnock and Alumna Krueger Publish Study on Nutrient Recycling and Fossil Preservation

Deardorff Wins Outstanding Achievement Awards in Research, Curriculum and Instruction

Coles Wins Outstanding Research Award

Geoscience Professor’s Atlas of Mars Wins National Book Award

10-05 Faculty Deadline for Entering Mid-Term Grades

10-05 Students Begin To View Mid-Term Grades

10-05 Pass Fail Forms Due

10-12 Winter 2020-21 Class Registration Begins for All Students

10-12 Spring 2021 Class Registration Begins for Undergraduate and Graduate Veterans

10-12 Last Day of Classes For Courses Ending By Mid-Semester

10-13 Spring 2020 Class Registration Begins for Priority Groups

Geoscience Department
Weyandt Hall, Room 306
975 Oakland Avenue
Indiana, PA 15705
Phone: 724-357-2379
Fax: 724-357-6208
geoscience-info@iup.edu

Office Hours
In Person
Monday, Tuesday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday 8:00 a.m.–Noon
Remote
Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday 12:30–4:00 p.m.