Welcome to the School of Geosciences!
"Value for our students, community, and society"
Our school combines the programs of Geology and Environmental Science, leveraging the strengths of both to provide unique opportunities and value for our students. The School of Geosciences is dedicated to education and research focused on Energy and the Environment. This sharp focus, celebrates our history in petroleum geology, reflects our core strengths, and addresses the needs of our region.
Recent News:
Listend to the KRVS interview - Brian Schubert discusses his researchThe first School of Geosciences newsletter is now available. Download your copy here.
Mark your calendar:
Alumni Crawfish Boil - May 4, 2013
Field Camp Reunion? in Powell, Wyoming - June 7-9, 2013
Let's get together for a Tailgate at
the Homecoming football game in the fall
The
School of Geosciences consists of 13 full-time faculty and instructors,
approximately 100 undergraduate majors and 60 graduate students. We
offer separate B.S. degrees in Geology and Environmental Sciences and a
M.S. degree in Geology (with petroleum and environmental focus areas).
The school of Geosciences, partnering with the Department of Physics,
is also building an interdisciplinary PhD program that will focus on
fundamental research associated with Energy, the Environment, and Earth
Physics.
Our approach to research and education is simple. We strive to deliver
maximum value for our students, our community, and society.
We do this by embracing our core strengths and taking advantage of our
unique location to address some of societys grand challenges, the
sustainability of energy and environmental resources. A large majority
of our graduate students (and a large number of undergraduates) find
exciting hands-on opportunities through internships with a wide variety
of petroleum companies, local engineering and environmental firms, and
state and federal agencies.
We set high standards for our
program while remaining one of the most affordable institutions in the
United States. 2012 is the second year in a row that the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette was rated as one of the nations best
institutions for undergraduate education (2013 edition of The Best 377
Colleges published by The Princeton Review). The Princeton Review
states, tremendously generous grant
and scholarship programs and out of state fee waivers make UL Lafayette
one of the best bargains in the country. The U.S.
Department of Educations College Affordability and Transparency list
also ranked UL Lafayette among the top 10 percent of most affordable
universities in the United States.
If you are interested in
research and problem-solving in the fields of energy and/or the
environment, and you demand value in your education, come and join
us! E-mail us for an application and more information about our
programs.
General Information: geology@louisiana.edu
Environmental Science Program: ddpoudel@louisiana.edu
Geology BS program: crichter@louisiana.edu
Geology graduate program: belock@louisiana.edu