ALEXANDRIA, VA--Students in the United States and Canada count on
the DIRECTORY OF GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS and the GUIDE TO GEOSCIENCE
DEPARTMENTS in the United States and Canada to help them make
important choices about colleges and careers. The newest editions
of the two directories were published by the American Geological
Institute earlier this month.
The 34th edition (Fall 1995) of the DIRECTORY provides an
alphabetical listing of approximately 1,000 geoscience departments
in both two- and four-year colleges and universities throughout the
United States, Canada, and Mexico. Selected national laboratories,
natural-history museums, and research departments and institutes
are also listed. Names of more than 13,000 geoscientists in North
America, with electronic mail, fax, and telephone numbers, and
their fields of specialty are included. The 34th edition also lists
field courses and camps, U.S. State Geological Surveys and selected
foreign geoscience departments around the world. The DIRECTORY OF
GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS, 34th edition, Nicholas H. Claudy, editor.
ISBN 0-922152-30-6. Soft cover; 6" x 9:; 546 pp., 2 lbs., $26.00
plus $5.00 postage and handling in the contiguous United States.
A valuable companion to the DIRECTORY is AGI's GUIDE TO
GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Geoscience
students and career counselors throughout North America have
discovered that the GUIDE, now in its 3rd edition, allows users to
pinpoint specific degree programs of interest. The reference
source contains in-depth profiles of more than 200 academic
departments. Information about admission procedures, enrollment
numbers, degrees offered, course requirements for degrees, and
financial aid are also included, enabling students to narrow their
college search to specific programs.
Finding a job is the goal of most students and to address that
need, the GUIDE provides important facts about current employment
trends in seven major categories: petroleum industry,
hydrology/environmental geology, federal government, state
geological surveys, mining and the mineral industry, U.S.
Department of Energy National Laboratories, and academia. "It is
a certainty that you will spend some part of your geoscience career
in one of these major employment sectors," writes editor Nick
Claudy. Salary ranges for various degree levels working in these
fields are included. The GUIDE TO GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 3rd edition, Nicholas H. Claudy, editor.
ISBN 0-922152-31-4. Soft cover, 8.5" x 11"; 583 pp., 3 lbs.,
$39.95 plus $6.00 postage and handling in the contiguous United
States.
These books, as well as many other AGI publications, are
available from the AGI Publications Center, P.O. Box 205, Annapolis
Junction, MD, 20701; telephone: 301/953-1744, fax: 301/953-2838.
All orders must be prepaid. Make check or money order in U.S.
funds, drawn on a U.S. bank, payable to the American Geological
Institute. Orders are sent by UPS whenever possible. Please allow
2-3 weeks for delivery.
