Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati, a nationally ranked program with high-caliber faculty and a strong research reputation. We strive to provide our undergraduate and graduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a broad range of careers. Our program offers both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelors of Science degrees at the undergraduate level and the Masters of Science and Ph.D. at the graduate level.
Our graduate and undergraduate programs are supported by faculty who perform high-caliber research with reputations that span world-wide. We teach and conduct research in many areas of the geosciences including paleontology, Quaternary geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, environmental geology, and biogeochemistry. Our faculty maintains high-tech laboratories and conduct field work all over the world and our students are involved every step of the way!
Departmental Contacts:
Department Head - Craig Dietsch, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu
Program Director, Departmental Advisor - Krista Smilek, smilekka@ucmail.uc.edu
Financial Administrator - Sarah Hammer, tritscsh@ucmail.uc.edu
Instrumentation Specialist - Owen Cowling, cowlinon@ucmail.uc.edu
Undergraduate Director - Dylan Ward, warddy@ucmail.uc.edu
Graduate Director - Andrew Czaja, czajaaw@ucmail.uc.edu
Department phone: 513-556-3732
February 19, 2025
Students from the Clifton Area Neighborhood School visit UC to get an introduction to subjects such as science, Classics and engineering.
February 7, 2025
Julianne Fernandez parlayed her experience as a University of Cincinnati geosciences student into a career that has taken her to the bottom of the world and thousands of feet beneath its surface.
Event: December 6, 2024 3:00 PM
UC's School of Environment and Sustainability will host the fourth-annual Environmental Justice and Advocacy Symposium.
