Geoscience query (1 Viewer)

[Pauly2317]

I am planning to undertake a Geoscience degree in 2009, however i am a little uncertain my level of maths is inadequete as i only had done General maths in Yr 12, i am wondering whether i should do a maths enabling course or will i be fine, thanks for any help

 

[velox]

I am planning to undertake a Geoscience degree in 2009, however i am a little uncertain my level of maths is inadequete as i only had done General maths in Yr 12, i am wondering whether i should do a maths enabling course or will i be fine, thanks for any help

You should be fine, unless you want to major in geophysics or structural geology or engineering geology. Geology doesn't need maths unless you pick the above specialisations. But you will need to do some basic 1st yr maths as part of your degree.

 

[Pauly2317]

Thanks Velox, your assitance is valued

 

[jb_nc]

You prob should have done 2 unit.

Which uni were you thinking of going to?

 

[nimrod_dookie]

As mentioned before, unless you do a specialisation such as structural or engineering geology, maths isn't an absolute must. However, having some maths knowledge is required for most geoscience degrees because modelling is part of the job, particularly if you are interested in petroleum or mining but you definitely don't need to know insane maths for that and besides, most places will employ someone with a modelling background (whether maths, engineering geologist etc) to do that but you just need enough maths knowledge to understand the model, not generate it yourself.

 

[Pauly2317]

wow what can i say thanks guys for the input, i am going to study Geoscience at Armidale, well going by the responses i am going to avoid majoring in structural or engineering geology haha