[meteorite-list] Degrees in Meteoritics

From: Erik Fisler <erikfwebb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:10:09 -0700
Message-ID: <COL119-W249244822B8A28E2E037C1A4480_at_phx.gbl>

I was just going to major in Geology and go from there.? Any suggestions?

[Erik]

> From: clp at alumni.caltech.edu
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:49:23 -0700
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Degrees in Meteoritics
>
> There is no such thing as an undergraduate degree in meteoritics. Many good
> schools, however, should provide independent study opportunities for
> students with astronomy, geology, geophysics type majors to explore the
> area.
>
> The situation is different with graduate studies, however. Here, you would
> look for an academic researcher as an advisor, and you'd work on an advanced
> degree under that person (and whatever department he happened to be
> associated with). You don't get a PhD in any particular subject, you choose
> your research and specialization based on your own interests and the
> expertise of your advisor and other staff at a particular institution.
>
> IMO there is more than enough room for some more meteoritics researchers, so
> there's no reason to discourage high school students from pursuing this
> area. Realistically, very few will actually do so. They should focus their
> undergraduate studies in the physical sciences.
>
> Chris
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:38 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Degrees in Meteoritics
>
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I have just had a high school aged viewer of our show "Meteorite Men"
>> contact me asking for all the Universities that offer some type of
>> Meteoritics
>> degrees, as it seems after watching some of our episodes, this is now the
>> direction this young man wants to pursue as a vocation.
>>
>> I was curious if there is a comprehensive list of the institutions that
>> offer either undergraduate or post graduate courses in what might be
>> grouped
>> as "Meteoritics"? As Geoff and I begin to do more work speaking to
>> Junior
>> High and High School aged kids, it would seem that this might be a common
>> question for us to be asked, and I would want to be prepared to offer the
>> best answer possible.
>>
>> On a side note, is there much demand for new meteorite scientists out
>> there? If all the slots are filled, or someone isn't likely to be able
>> to get
>> a job once they would get a degree, I might want to caution kids not to
>> get
>> too serious about this field for a career without seriously evaluating
>> the
>> options first. But since I am not one to try to quash anyone's dreams, I
>> would like to be as helpful as possible.
>>
>> And as a reminder, tonight is our Dry Lake Bed hunt episode of Meteorite
>> Men on Science Channel with our amazing guest stars Sonny Clary and his
>> dog
>> Brix. I hope the fun we had on this expedition comes through in the
>> final
>> cut. The only time I ever experienced anything close to what happens
>> tonight was 13 years or so ago when I took several trips to Imilac and I
>> found a
>> lot of small pieces in a small area. It was a blast to shoot this
>> episode
>> and I look forward to being able to share it with the world. I will be
>> putting some of the meteorites I found on the show up on Ebay with buy it
>> now, so if you want one of the finds, check that out a little later today.
>>
>> Steve Arnold
>
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