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Hello all, I currently work in the oilfield and would like to obtain a geology degree, however I work 80-100 hour weeks on rotation. I have plenty of downtime to study but very little to attend class. It seems that it is impossible to earn a geology degree online, so I am wondering how far I could get with testing before I had to attend school. I would be very interested if I could get 3 of 4 years done then only have go for 1 year. Is this even possible? What schools should I look into? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Which school are you planning to attend? This is the most important thing because some schools are very restrictive in the number of CBEs they'll accept. For a geology degree, you should be able to test out of most of the general education requirements and free electives.
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I was looking around for geology courses a while back and found some upper level online courses at Athabasca.
Undergraduate Courses by Area of Study : Athabasca University
BYU has some lower level online geology courses
Online Course Catalog - BYU Independent Study
Geology usually requires some lab/field work to be done aswell.
I'm sure someone more experienced will answer soon, but I can see a possible problem with your plan, you might take a lot of tests and then not have them accepted if you attended a school later. It might be best to look at schools first and see what credits they accept from testing.
Another option could be doing something like TESC's Natural Science and Mathematics and filling the requirements with geology courses. You would be able to test out of most of the degree.
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sanantone Wrote:Which school are you planning to attend? This is the most important thing because some schools are very restrictive in the number of CBEs they'll accept. For a geology degree, you should be able to test out of most of the general education requirements and free electives.
I would be willing to move to MN or WI. Im in ND and there arent any schools offering a geology degree within 200 miles.
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Photog Wrote:I was looking around for geology courses a while back and found some upper level online courses at Athabasca.
Undergraduate Courses by Area of Study : Athabasca University
BYU has some lower level online geology courses
Online Course Catalog - BYU Independent Study
Geology usually requires some lab/field work to be done aswell.
I'm sure someone more experienced will answer soon, but I can see a possible problem with your plan, you might take a lot of tests and then not have them accepted if you attended a school later. It might be best to look at schools first and see what credits they accept from testing.
Another option could be doing something like TESC's Natural Science and Mathematics and filling the requirements with geology courses. You would be able to test out of most of the degree.
Thank you for those courses, I will definitely contact the schools to make sure I would be able to transfer what I needed. I looked at the Natrual science degree but Im not too sure how much it would help me. Environmental science would be good but i haven't found that anywhere either.
I wonder if there are online masters in geology,I could then do the TESC Natural science degree first?
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Charter Oak seems to offer a geology degree, but I'm not sure how many geology classes they offer online.
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Another option would be to find a geography program that focuses on physical geography and GIS.
The American Public University System offers environmental science, but that wouldn't exactly apply to the same kind of jobs as geology in the petroleum industry. Physics and certain engineering disciplines would be more closely related. There is also earth science, but that's not easy to find online either.
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KayV Wrote:Charter Oak seems to offer a geology degree, but I'm not sure how many geology classes they offer online.
Geology - Charter Oak State College
This is interesting, For something like this a person would have to take the courses then transfer them here. Ill look into this coupled with the athabasca geology courses suggested earlier. Thanks, I dont know how i missed this
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nodak64 Wrote:Thank you for those courses, I will definitely contact the schools to make sure I would be able to transfer what I needed. I looked at the Natrual science degree but Im not too sure how much it would help me. Environmental science would be good but i haven't found that anywhere either.
I wonder if there are online masters in geology,I could then do the TESC Natural science degree first?
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sanantone Wrote:Another option would be to find a geography program that focuses on physical geography and GIS.
The American Public University System offers environmental science, but that wouldn't exactly apply to the same kind of jobs as geology in the petroleum industry. Physics and certain engineering disciplines would be more closely related. There is also earth science, but that's not easy to find online either.
APU Degree Program: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
GIS is something i have never heard of that looks promising. Kind of like the type of logging i do now. What I would really like to end up in would be the geologist on location. Do you think that would lead to that?
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