EXPLORATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Program Description

The Exploration Information Technology program provides you with a broad understanding of earth sciences with specialized computing skills focusing on UNIX, database management and mapping applications.

This program also gives you computer skills geared towards the energy sector and numerous other industries.

By graduation, you will be highly proficient in the use of leading-edge software packages used by the energy industry and possess the computer skills that ensure your success in the energy sector.

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Your Career

You may find employment as a geological or geophysical technologist, applying your expertise in the areas of geological processing and interpretation, computer mapping of geographic variables, manipulation of geophysical data, integration of geological and geophysical data and production of 3-D models for the reservoir. There is a growing market for digital information experts to work as assistants to geologists and geophysicists as a starting position.

Many technologists may start their career in large companies and then ultimately move to smaller companies, or choose to start their own operation. Technologists are typically entrepreneurial in nature and very practical in their knowledge base.

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