Case Western or Ohio State for undergrad Earth Science? Comments from current CWRU Earth Science students would be appreciated. Thanks
Our earth sciences department is very small, so you might not find anyone on here who majors in that. For example, I know the there’s only one student graduating with a degree in Geology this year.
@SoCcErTrAcK2016 Thank you for the info. I didn’t realize the department was so small.
I’m finding that a lot of earth science related departments at selective schools are very small. This is great if you’ve visited and like the profs and such, but it can be disconcerting as well.
Case is supposed to have a great program, but they graduate fewer than 5 majors per year as far as I can tell. You’ll get lots of individual attention, but maybe not a long list of course tracks and options.
For any two colleges, I would first take a look at the department pages, See how many professors there are in the departments. That will give you an indication of how big the department is. See what tracks they have for the major…see the courses associated and see what interests you.
Also search for graduation statistics for both schools and see how many people graduate with that degree.
See what labs the department has. See what internships they have.
Case Western has a department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary sciences. So, as a geology major, you are going to be taking classes with planetary scientists, who study the geology of other planets instead of earth.
Look at this website for more information:
There are eight full time geologists and planetary scientist professors at Case Western. With NASA Glenn only a few miles from Case Western’s campus, that may be helpful if you are interested in planetary geology.