Current Courses

The West Coast GeoTechnology Training Center (GTTC) is located in the Geology Department on the campus of the California State University Bakersfield.  It is modeled after similar centers sponsored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in Houston, Midland and Dallas, Texas and Golden, Colorado. The center's purpose is to provide local and cost-effective training in UNIX and PC-based workstation skills necessary to succeed in today's petroleum exploration and production market. Because most training centers for petroleum software are located in Texas and Colorado, the West Coast GTTC provides a cost-effective alternative for local professionals and students to receive software training without incurring prohibitive per diem expenses involved in traveling to more remote training centers. ArcView GIS training is also available at the center.

Through our relationships with our corporate partners and government agencies, we are able to provide educational advantages no other public university west of the Rockies can provide. Our petroleum geology professors have oil industry experience and are well respected by their peers. And our small classes assure you of great access to our professors. Further, U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that geoscience majors are much more likely to land jobs in their field than any other traditional science majors. 

~EarthVision Courses Moved to April~