<p>I recently took an Anthropology class as an elective, I ended up being very interesting in it. I decided to major in Geology, anyone who is a geology major or geologist could you please expand on this for me? I want to know more about it! I want to work in the oilfield industry with this degree. Any input is welcomed!</p>
<p>Great choice! Geology has a great job prospect, but most “quality” jobs require a master’s degree. If you want to follow petroleum geology then I suggest attending colorado school of mines as imo is the best geology school nationwide, and it will land you a job right after graduation. I’m a petroleum engineering major/ geology minor</p>
<p>What about attending a school in Louisiana? Preferably LSU or UL Lafayette? I am from there and I know there are a lot of internships and petroleum jobs up there!</p>
<p>I work with Geologists periodically - some of them graduated from LSU years ago - and one is even named Tiffany…but I don’t work in the oil industry.</p>
<p>I’ve known folks who graduated from Louisiana public schools and have gone to work in the oil industry. For best advice I suggest you peruse web sites for the specific departments:</p>
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<p>[url=<a href=“Search | School of Geosciences”>http://geology.louisiana.edu/]UL</a> Lafayette: Geology: Welcome](<a href=“http://geology.lsu.edu/index.html]Home[/url”>http://geology.lsu.edu/index.html)</p>
<p>and then contact them if you have more questions.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t mind at all being up in the hills everyday! I also am thinking about moving back to Lafayette, for an internship opportunity for a petroleum company!</p>
<p>My eldest son is working on a double major in Geology and Physics. The feedback he has been getting from graduating seniors in Geology is that potential employers of geoscience majors are particularly anxious to hire Geology graduates with strong quantitative skills. As a Geology major you will improve your chances of employment if your program contains three semesters of Calculus for Physical Science majors, a semester of Differential Equations, three semesters of Calculus based Physics and a course in Computer Programming.</p>
<p>Petroleum Geoscientists have excellent prospects right now, but what you need to know that getting an oil exploration job is competitive. To put it bluntly, you either need to know somebody within a company, have a MS in geology or geophysics, or have prior oil company experience to be considered by the exploration companies. Pursing the MS is the best route and will open plenty of doors (assuming you go to a school where companies recruit).</p>
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