<p>Hello,
I am about to apply to graduate with a B.S. in physics, I want to go into the oil field. Will my undergraduate degree in physics be a problem, can I switch to Petroleum or Geophysical engineering?</p>
<p>I believe so, however I imagine you’d have to strengthen your background by at least taking some intro engineering courses before applying to grad school for an engineering degree. It would be best to contact the school and see what the prerequisites for the Masters degree is and make sure you have/get those.</p>
<p>Check out geophysics. Specifically exploration geophysics. A lot of people in geophysics started out in physics and most people doing exploration end up in oil and gas.</p>
<p>Yeah, I told my adviser who is the head of the physics department that I wanted to do petroleum engineering he didn’t have a problem with that until recently he said that I might not have enough of a chemistry background for petroleum, and I should go into Geophysical instead. So, I shouldn’t have a problem getting into exploration geophysics?</p>