CQUniversity’s Associate Degree of Geoscience will provide you with a sound geo-scientific understanding in combination with up-to-date technology so that you can develop sustainable practices for communities, society and the environment in general. On graduation, you may work in support of professional geologists or geophysicists in order to provide an understanding of geological resources below the surface – metals, minerals, coal, oil and gas, and construction materials. You will learn how to classify and interpret the major geological structures and assist in the development of the mechanisms of accessing and extracting the geological resources. As a result of your studies, you will also be able to assess the validity of undertaking geophysical surveys at a site and interpret the results of such a survey, design a geophysical survey and apply the appropriate geophysical methods (seismic, magnetic, gravity, nuclear, electrical, and electromagnetic) to a survey design.

On completing an Associate Degree of Geoscience, you will be qualified to find employment in national and international public and private industry sectors, including the mining, geophysical exploration, energy, transportation, construction, and education industries. Geoscience associates typically work in positions like geological field technician, drill supervisor, strata control technician, support geologist, geotechnical engineer and other technical professions with skills in open-pit and underground mines, controlling the grade of the ore mined and locating extensions to ore deposits and defining the ore limits at the mine based on economic considerations, high wall mapping, underground mapping and data gathering.