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From what I understand, universities don't offer a major in paleontology. Instead, you study it as a subfield as part of a geology, earth science or biology major. You will need to study both biology and geology

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/about/paleo_education.php

As for graduate schools, there are well over 100 that offer advanced degrees in paleontology - ranging from Harvard to Wash U. in St. Louis to Idaho State University.
Here is a link for a large number of grad schools:
http://www.vertpaleo.org/education/gradprograms.html

2007-01-07 08:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by James R 5 · 0 0

If you're in the US, I suggest you try these websites:

Sources of More Information
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-6623
http://www.priweb.org

The Paleontological Society
P.O.Box 1897
Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
http://www.paleosoc.org

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
P.O. Box 809183
Chicago, IL 60680
http://www.vertpaleo.org/
A somewhat informal forum created by professionals, as part of the Dinosaur Mailing List
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/~rowe/dinosaur/FAQs.html

The Dinosaur Society
200 Carlton Ave.
East Islip, NY 11730

2007-01-07 07:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0 0

Paleontology is not often offered at the undergraduate level, at least as a degree (UC Berkley does).

The first link below has a list of the top ten schools that offer graduate degrees in paleontology.

2007-01-07 08:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by goicuon 4 · 0 0

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2016-12-28 08:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by dirks 3 · 0 0

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