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Our students participate in Are you fascinated by ? By fossilized life of any kind? At Rowan , we are too! We can help you take your passion for dinosaurs and to the next level, even if field work and are encouraged you are not a full- student at Rowan University. A Certificate of Undergraduate Study to take full advantage of the (CUGS) from Rowan University might be the ticket for you! unique experience of working The Department of Geology at Rowan is pleased to offer a CUGS in Paleontology at the Jean and Ric Edelman Foundations that both matriculated and non-matriculated students may enroll within. Park of Rowan University, This CUGS offers a solid introduction to and . A wide array of just a few miles from the main paleontology courses are taught by full-time faculty, with one of the highest number of paleontologists of any faculty in the country. campus. World-renowned Our program balances practical skills with current theory while emphasizing the paleontologist importance of field research. Students are immersed in popular science, debates, and new and discoverer of the giant research frontiers. Current and future citizen , geoscience educators and sauropod researchers, and career paleontologists will gain a solid foundation in paleontology. schrani, Dr. Students can explore their passion for paleontology, the Earth, and as preserved in the rock record within our unique program. serves as dean of the School Paleontology elective course list: of Earth & Environment and Foundations in Paleontology Certificate GEOL 110 Dinosaurs and Their World director of Fossil Park. The of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) GEOL 111 The Edelman Fossil Park Experience Department of Geology is an This certificate focuses on providing basic training in the core concepts of paleontology GEOL 112 Motion of Life academic steward of Fossil with a deeper snapshot into a subfield of the GEOL 210 Invertebrate Paleontology Park and our faculty conduct discipline and is open to both matriculated GEOL 3 10 Paleontology Laboratory Techniques research and outreach there. and non-matriculated students. To earn the GEOL 311 Paleontology The department is committed certificate, students need only complete four courses: GEOL 102 Earth Through Time, GEOL 312 Dinosaur Paleontology to providing students with either GEOL 210 Invertebrate or GEOL 311 GEOL 410 the opportunity to conduct , and any two other GEOL 411 hands-on geoscience through a paleontology course offerings (limit one at the GEOL 412 in the 100 level). Fossil Record variety of courses and research GEOL 413 opportunities on site. To enroll as a non-matriculated student please visit: https://asaforms.rowan.edu/Forms/ActivationFormRequest/

Geology faculty excavating a duck-bill dinosaur bonebed in the badlands of South Dakota

Inset: A researcher brushes away manganese greensand to reveal a fish vertebra and a snail fossil in what was an ancient sea floor at Edelman Fossil Park, just a few miles from the University’s main campus.

For program information: Harold C. Connolly, Jr. Department of Geology, Chair 856-256-5261 [email protected] For registration information: go.rowan.edu/geology Office of the Registrar rowan.edu/registrar @rowangeology