[meteorite-list] Degrees in Meteoritics

[Erik Fisler]

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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> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
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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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