In a single academic term, you could find yourself doing the following:

• Sampling ice-age lake sediments with the department?s portable drill rig

• Mapping the roots of an ancient mountain belt in Michigan?s upper peninsula

• Instrumenting a watershed in eastern Wisconsin

• Examining microscopic rock structures with image-analysis software

• Conducting geochemical and crystallographic studies with research equipment shared with the chemistry and physics departments.

All geology majors complete a research project as part of their Senior Experience, and many present results of their research at professional meetings.