<p>Unfortunately, I messed up my last question, so I will ask again with a more appropriate title.
I wish we had the option to delete posts.</p>
<p>Is hydrology a specific major or is it a specialization within geology?</p>
<p>Can someone with a graduate degree in geology be considered a hydrologist?</p>
<p>It’s better to have a broad undergraduate degree and not specialize so early.</p>
<p>You didn’t answer my questions.</p>
<p>Hydrology could be a specific major, but generally it is a specialization within geology.</p>
<p>Because of this, you can definitely be a hydrologist with a geology degree. However, it would be better, of course, if you got a degree from a school that would allow you to specialize in hydrology with the degree.</p>
<p>Geology would be a better degree anyway, because if the whole hydrology thing doesn’t work out you can go work in the oilfield industry.</p>
<p>Most hydrologists can be found in geology departments and they (professors) usually hold PhDs from geology/earth science departments. </p>
<p>But sometimes, some hydrologists can also be found in the geography department.</p>
<p>At least in one school, the University of Texas at Austin, they offer specialized geology degrees as in your major isn’t just geology, it’ll be something like general geology, geophysics, hydrogeology & environmental geology, etc. The last being the closest to a full hydrology degree.</p>
<p>As other posters indicated, hypodology usually is a subfield of geology. Usually, specialization occurs at the graduate level. </p>
<p>Some universities offer undergraduate degrees in water resources (or, soil & waer resources), usually in a college of agriculture or natural resources, e.g., U Arizona [Undergraduate</a> Major and Minors | Department of Hydrology and Water Resources](<a href=“http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/undergraduate-major-and-minors]Undergraduate”>http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/undergraduate-major-and-minors)</p>