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Credits Required
120
132
Format
Face To Face
Face To Face
Location

Undergraduate students in this major study at Grand Valley's Allendale Campus.

Undergraduate students in this major study at the Grand Valley Allendale Campus.

Coursework

Students choose from a wide variety of coursework in the following areas:

  • American history
  • European history
  • World history
  • History journal
  • Research methods and history writing
  • Public history and museum studies
  • History of science and medicine
Career Options

Excellent career opportunities and a strong job market include:

  • Environmental assessment, remediation and water resources
  • Mineral and energy resource exploration and production
  • Federal, state, and local agencies
  • Engineering geology
  • Environmental law and policy
  • Natural hazards protection

History majors work in a wide variety of careers, including:

  • Archives and museums
  • Business
  • Civil service
  • Education
  • Foreign affairs
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Library science

Visit gvsu.edu/history for details.

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Skills Employers Want

The B.S. in Geology at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual job postings.

  • Geology
  • Research
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • ArcGIS (GIS Software)
  • Groundwater
  • Geologic Mapping
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Public Speaking
  • Statistics
  • Soil Science
  • Hydrogeology
  • Data Analytics
  • Environmental Science

Source: EMSI, 2020

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The B.A. and B.S. in History at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual accounting job postings.

  • Research
  • Critical Thinking
  • Public Speaking
  • Collections
  • Writing
  • Exhibitions
  • Archives
  • Teaching
  • Strategic Planning
  • Data Collection
  • Communications
  • Curation

Source: EMSI, 2020

 

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