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Earth Science
Emporia State University,
Emporia, Kansas, USA

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The Earth Science Department offers a variety of courses, programs and degrees, which include geology, physical geography, space and earth sciences. Undergraduate and Master's degrees are available, as well as teacher certification. An interdisciplinary minor in geospatial analysis (GSA) and a graduate certificate in geospatial analysis are offered. A minor in paleontology is also available.

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Faculty Graduate assistants
Scholarships Web-based courses
Career opportunities More earth science
USGS Map Library Physical Sciences

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dot icon B.S. major and B.A. major.
dot icon GeoSpatial Analysis program.
dot icon Graduate program.

dot icon Earth science minor.
dot icon Geology Museum.
dot icon NASA research & education.

dot icon Outreach program.
dot icon ESU class information.
dot icon ESU rock garden.

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Geological Society of America North-Central
and South-Central
Joint Section Meeting.
Branson, Missouri, April 11-13, 2010.

EARTH SCIENCE FACULTY

faculty picture James S. Aber -- Professor: Quaternary geology, tectonic geology, remote sensing and GIS (jaber@emporia.edu). Prof. Aber recently completed a research project funded by the Slovak Academic Information Agency for geological field studies in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia and Poland. See Tatra.
faculty picture Susan W. Aber -- Lecturer: mineralogy and gemology. U.S. Depository Map Librarian (saber@emporia.edu).
faculty picture Michael Morales -- Assoc. Professor and Geology Museum Director: paleontology, general earth science (mmorales@emporia.edu).
faculty picture Marcia Schulmeister -- Assoc. Professor: environmental geology, hydrogeology (mschulme@emporia.edu). See faculty biography.
faculty picture Richard Sleezer -- Assoc. Professor and Head of department: physical geography, meteorology, soil science, GIS (rsleezer@emporia.edu).
faculty picture Kenneth Thompson -- Professor: general earth science physical science, teacher education (kthompso@emporia.edu).

Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty

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Daniel
Call
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Megan
Flory
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Brandon
Milner
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Michael
Newton
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Kary
Reznicek
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Scott
Smith
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Stephanie
Trump

Undergraduate scholarship opportunities

Courses

The Earth Science department offers selected courses via World Wide Web for distance education and
Lifelong Learning. In order to take these courses, students must be enrolled officially, and they must be in contact with the teacher for necessary course materials and instructions. It's not possible to complete the courses from the web pages only. The following courses are now online; next scheduled offering is indicated for each. For more information about distance learning and online courses in earth science, contact J.S. Aber.

Course
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Course Title Schedule
GO 326 Plate Tectonics spring 2010
ES 331 Ice Age Environments fall 2010
GO 340 Gemstones and Gemology spring 2010
ES 341 Wetland Environments spring 2009
ES 351 Introduction to Geospatial Analysis fall 2010
ES 521 History of Geology uncertain
ES 546 Field Geomorphology fall 2009
GO 547 Field Geology summer 2009
GO 548 Field Stratigraphy uncertain
ES 551 Computer Mapping Systems spring 2010
ES 555 Small Format Aerial Photography spring 2010
GO 571 Hydrogeology spring 2010
GO 572 Contaminant Hydrogeology fall 2009
GO 580 Environmental Field Methods spring 2009
ES 739 Research Problem each semester
ES 747 Field Studies in Earth Science summer 2009
ES 767 Quaternary Geology fall 2010
ES 767 Global Tectonics spring 2010
ES 767 Wetland Environments spring 2009
ES 771 Remote Sensing fall 2010
ES 775 Advanced Image Processing fall 2009
ES 875 Thesis each semester

More online curriculum

dot icon U.S. News and World Report listed Emporia State University among the top 20 nationwide for online graduate programs in education (Oct. 16, 2006).

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go_to icon ESU Earth Science online student projects.
More geoscience webcourses.

Career Opportunities in Earth Science

Excellent career opportunties exist at both the B.S. and M.S. levels for professional employment in the earth sciences. In recent years students have found appropriate positions in teaching, governmental agencies, and private companies. Potential annual salaries range from around $20,000 for B.S. entry-level positions to more than $50,000 for M.S. students with work experience. Interdisciplinary science backgrounds combined with computer expertise, strong communication skills, and/or international experience are highly sought after in the commercial marketplace. Several earth-science hot job tracks have been highlighted by U.S. News and World Report in recent years.

go_to icon Geoscience careers and employers from the American Geological Institute.

stamp icon More Earth Science Websites

dot icon World of amber by S.W. Aber.
dot icon Great Plains aerial photography by J.S. & S.W. Aber.
dot icon Space-age atlas of the Lewis and Clark journey.
dot icon Bibliography of glaciotectonic references by J.S. Aber.

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For more information about the ESU Earth Science webpage,
contact J.S. Aber (
jaber@emporia.edu).

Last update: October 2009.