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Earth and Space Science (B.S.Ed.)

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B.S.Ed., Earth and Space Science

College of Education and Educational Technology

What You’ll Do

Scientists appreciate the vastness of space and marvel at how our planet has changed over time. As an Education major for Earth and Space Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, you’ll study those changes and what they mean. You’ll also gain a strong foundation for a teaching career.

IUP’s science professors share your desire to explore and understand the world. Because fieldwork is a large component of the university’s programs in geology and oceanography, the department is equipped with four twelve-passenger vans, camping gear, and a wide array of scientific equipment you will use for exploration.  Back on campus, there is a wide range of laboratories.

IUP has earned a reputation for excellence in teacher education and offers an outstanding student teaching program.

What You’ll Become

The Bachelor of Science in Education for Earth and Space Science  will prepare you for a career as a teacher. Employment of school teachers is expected to grow nationwide by 12 percent between 2006 and 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Science is projected to be one of the high-demand fields for teachers.

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Special Features

  • The Marine Sediments Laboratories house equipment such as sieve shakers, ultrasonic baths, large volume centrifuges, and freeze-drying apparatus. Wet chemical and x-ray analyses are used to study deep-sea sedimentary deposits.
  • The newly renovated Geochemistry Research Laboratory includes a fume hood, drying ovens, standard wet chemistry equipment, colorimeters, muffle furnaces, and a stable isotope vacuum extraction line.
  • At the Paleontology Research Laboratory in Weyandt Hall, students conducting undergraduate research projects are given individual work stations.
  • Geology field courses are offered in Newfoundland, the Yellowstone region, the Bahamas, and the American Southwest.
  • The Structural Geology and Tectonics Laboratory equipment includes a G5 Macintosh computer for inverse modeling of earthquake and fault kinematic data and a research-grade Nikon petrographic microscope for microstructural analysis.
  • The Planetary Science Laboratory includes a 20-centimeter, research-grade, computerized Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, video and still cameras for night sky and solar imaging with telescopes, video time inserters, and computer facilities.
  • The IUP Planetarium seats seventy-five under a 9-meter dome equipped with a Spitz A3P projector. Portable telescopes include two 3.5-inch Questars, a Coronado Hydrogen-alpha telescope, a 5-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, and several others.
  • Honors programs are available.

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