The Geology program at the University of Southern Mississippi emphasizes both the importance of a field-based education and the application of new technologies to geological investigations.

The Department of Geography and Geology encompasses a wide range of subdisciplines that deal with the most important issues facing humans and Planet Earth. Our faculty and staff are on the cutting edge of studies that range from humans and the environment, climate change, sustainability, Earth processes and materials that affect humans to deep Earth processes and resource development.