What can I do with my degree in earth and atmospheric sciences?
Knowledge & Skills Developed:
- Ability to collect, interpret & classify rock samples & cores
- Adaptability to different work environments
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (verbal & written)
- Critical & inferential thinking
- Experimental design
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Operate laboratory equipment
- Organize, analyze, & interpret scientific data
- Population sampling
- Project management
- Scientific writing
- Stamina & endurance for field work
Potential Careers:
- Astronomer
- Biologist
- Coal & Diamond Exploration Specialist
- Conservationist
- Ecologist
- Energy Policy Analyst
- Environmental Health Officer
- Geologist
- Glacial Geologist
- Global Change Researcher
- Hydrologist
- Meteorologist
- Occupational Health & Safety Officer
- Oceanographer
- Paleontologist
- Pollution Control Technologist
- Professor/Teacher
- Research Scientist
- Seismic Observer
- Soil Scientist
- Volcanologist
Note: Additional education or specialized training is required for many occupations.
Explore hundreds of Alberta Occupational Profiles here.
Potential Employers:
- Alberta Energy Regulator*
- Alberta Environment and Parks*
- Canadian Natural Resources*
- Environment Canada*
- ICMS Agricultural & Environmental Research Services*
- Imperial Oil*
- Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd.
- Paramount Resources Ltd.
- Repsol Canada*
- Shell Canada*
- Syncrude Canada Ltd.*
- Teck
- Tetra Tech EBA*
- University of Alberta*
*These companies have partnered with our Science Internship Program to offer you working experience during your undergraduate degree.