As a major at the University of South Carolina, you will benefit from a combination of quality classroom education, laboratory experience and field based activities. You will focus on the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including seismology, oceanography and volcanology.
You will also have the unique opportunity to complete a six-week field course in Colorado to get valuable hands-on experience. This opportunity synergizes your education in geophysics to understanding the earth's formation in an observational setting.
Within the College of Arts and Science, the Earth and Ocean Sciences Department is one of only two institutions in the Southeast that offers a geophysics undergraduate degree. The department boasts a large and diverse faculty with broad scientific expertise.
Careers
A major in geophysics can prepare you for careers in:
- environmental consulting
- energy industries
- state entities such as the Department of Natural Resources, the S.C. Geological Survey and the Department of Health and Environmental Control
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