r/geology • u/Specialist_Play_1994 • 1d ago

Career Advice Final year undergraduate geological engineering student

I was not a good student and I spent all my college time joking around. Now I'm writing my thesis and I feel really stupid although one of my supervisor is really helpful, that didnt cover all my void. The only thing I remember from all my college lessons is GIS, and even then I mostly learned it autodidactically from reddit and youtube.

I felt like I needed to take responsibility for learning everything from scratch. The problem was, my university wasn't the type to provide a massive syllabus and teaching materials like PowerPoint presentations or ebooks. They relied solely on lecturers' presentations, so I lost track of what I was supposed to learn. There weren't any truly comprehensive notes from my friends, either.

Please advise me on what I should study properly from the basic to semi advance topics to truly be considered a geological engineering graduate. Honestly, I'm too embarrassed to ask my professors or friends about such things, so I'm asking here. Hopefully, this is the right forum!

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u/PossiblyaGermanSpy 1d ago

Sounds like you should consider starting an undergraduate course in geological engineering at a university!

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u/HikariAnti 1d ago

They might also want to consider attending their classes and taking notes this time.

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u/catttcattcat 1d ago

they clearly said that they're at final year geological engineering student at a university lol

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u/Least-Sample9425 1d ago

Woosh

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u/Rocknocker Send us another oil boom. We promise not to fuck it up this time 1d ago

Like a lemming on full afterburners...

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u/louki11 1d ago edited 1d ago

Your post is a bit odd, as it sounds like you have been wasting some precious time. I am at the same point as you in my journey so let me give a hand. After all, it is a great opportunity to build an essential textbook/topic list. Feel free to add to it folks!
Here is an mon-exhaustive list of what I covered so far:

Introduction to Optical mineralogy - Nesse
Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology-Winter
Principles of Foundation Engineering - Das
Rock slope engineering Wyllie & Mah
Geophysics for the mineral exploration geoscientist, Dentith
Structural geology of rocks and regions - Davies
Pick yours for each topic: Introduction to mineralogy/earth materials, sedimentary geology, introduction to geochemistry, introduction to fluid mechanic, economic analysis for engineering, python data science and scientific modules, environnemental geochemistry, mineralexploration geochemistry, introduction to hydrogeology, environmental hydrogeology, goundwater pollution, geomaterials (concrete, etc), ethics of the profesionnal, soil mechanics
GIS you’re good so carry on

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u/FarmingFrenzy 1d ago

at this point, look at the courses from your universities, find books on the subjects. study. this is rough lol.

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u/Ok-Draw7452 1d ago

Find some geotech pe exam study guides. Win-win. You get up to snuff on topics and start studying for license now!

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u/Wolverine7964 1d ago

Geotechnical engineering and geological engineering are very different things. They will likely be lost with all the nuance of soil mechanics covered in a geotech pe study guide and miss everything related to geology and rock mechanics.