Importance of hydrology studies
Hi!
New to the forum (well, taken a while to post anyway) and I did post this in another thread but it's a bit off topic (and in the wrong section really!) so figured I might throw a thread up. After leaving my previous field (pharmacy) I am now a Geology student at JCU in Aus and had a couple of basic crystal ball questions. I'm basically trying to be as pragmatic as possible and leave doors open at the end of my studies as the number of graduates seems a lot higher than recent years here.
First, the importance of hydrology for your average geologist, specifically with regards to exploration which is where I'd imagine myself heading first (heh, that's about as much as I can narrow it down at the moment!). Being this early in the course, it's hard to say yet where my particular interests lie and whether I'd prefer minerals or consider heading down the oil and gas pathway. For the latter, I'm guessing a hydrology subject might be slightly useful...
The problem is we have limited electives (I'm doing a graduate entry bachelor) and the other subject that I have currently selected (though can swap) is a geomorphology subject (with a focus on Australia) which just seems that bit more interesting.
That said, there seems enough basic geomorph in most of the other subjects and I don't want to disadvantage myself by omitting the hydrology subject, especially considering what one of the other posters said re. expanding roles for a hydrology bent.
Any input/discussion would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Mark
