Should i take geology or astronomy

I think a lot of people here would understand why, yes I'm being stereotypical, sorry. But anyways, don't worry, the class it mainly rot memorization and regurgitation. If you can do that, then geo will be a breeze.

My friend, who's in the Geo class, says it's an easy A. Here I am struggling through my Astronomy class with a C. On the other hand, our geology department occasionally offers classes for non-majors that are quite interesting.

We discussed the earth processes that cause earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, etc, and things we can do to mitigate their effects. All Rights Reserved. What should I take for next semester: Geology or Astronomy??? College Life. The first two geology classes will make you want to stab your eyes out Unless you look forward to memorizing a butt load of rock types and formations, go with astronomy.

On the up side, some day in the future you can amaze some girl by naming some star formation. I highly doubt you will get the chance to point out a large buried rock formation to a chick. Geology was the most boring class I ever took at LSU.

I thought geology wasn't too difficult. Don't know shite about astrology but will check my horoscope now and again. Replies 1. I would bet Astronomy is way more fun. I didn't take an astronomy sequence but I think only of the two has any math. Geology is easier in my opinion, but just pick whatever you are most interested in.

You don't have to worry about any of that stuff for a core requirement astronomy series. It's just looking at some pretty pictures and factoids about space. LSU Physics and Astronomy major classes go hand in hand. I took 2 semesters of astronomy. Don't remember there being much math at all. Take the British guy Hynes if you can. That, my friends, is a mistake. Few disciplines in today's world play such a significant role in how society operates and what we can do to protect our future.

Few fields of study can play such a profound role in protecting people's lives on a daily basis, whether you realize it or not. And few can bring together so many disparate ideas, from sciences to social sciences to humanities to the arts, like the study of the Earth can.

I'm looking specifically at you, Mr. I Don't Like Science. Science is all around you, and understanding how the planet on which you will likely spend the rest of your life is pretty important. You make decisions every day in which geology was a factor somewhere along the line, so if you are ignorant of those ideas, you might not be making the right decision.

So, what do I mean? Here are some of the ways that taking a course in the geology will impact your life for the rest of it. Time: Humans tend to not be great about thinking on long timescalesthat is, anything longer than maybe their own lifespan. In geology, that is a merely a flash compared to deep time. Deep time is the timescale that takes us back over 4.

So, while years might seem like a long time now, take a geology class and you'll be thinking about events that happened 10, or , or ,, years ago Space: Geology is also a discipline that gets you to think about many scales of space. Need to understand the evolution of a continent? We got that. Need to think about how isotopes of an element go into a crystal when it forms? We got that too. Best part: You likely need both ends of the size spectrum to solve problems.

Observation: Many science fields are very theoretical I'm looking at you, physics It is these observations that are the backbone of the field, both in looking at a static landscape like the folds in a mountain belt and at active processes, like a landslide or an eruption.

Satellites have opened up a whole new world of observations that unlock geologic problems The field is a visual one! We do math!

We do chemistry! We do biology!