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Geophysics and Seismology
A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physics of solids and its application to the study of the earth and other planets. Includes instruction in gravimetric, seismology, earthquake forecasting, magnetrometry, electrical properties of solid bodies, plate tectonics, active deformation, thermodynamics, remote sensing, geodesy, and laboratory simulations of geological processes.
What can you become with this major?
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
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