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Shortly after becoming a California Professional Geologist, I joined the California Geology board as a Subject Matter Expert and worked in all aspects of development of the California Specific Geology Exam. In 2022, I teamed up with Dr. Horacio Ferriz, PG to create the most up to date study system for the ASBOG® Fundamentals of Geology (FG) and the Practice of Geology (PG). These courses provides an incoming geologist with material and background on topics to provide a solid foundation to pass the FG, PG, or the California Specific Exam.
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Drip Content
Seriously, this is important. These courses are designed to “drip” the content to you by providing one Module per week. This is a huge difference between our competition - some study courses force feed a ton of information in one 4 hour session and you walk out a little dizzy from the blast of information. If you’re really interested in retention of material and learning the content, dripping content, one week at a time, is the only way to go.
If you are taking the PG or FG, you are encouraged to take one Module per week, but not forced. You can enroll in either the FG or PG and you immediately have access to the entire course library and content, to take at your convenience. The Fundamentals of Geology Prep Course is a total of eight Modules, intended to be an eight week course, with around 9 hours of video/lecture content and over 400 practice questions. The Practice of Geology Prep Course is a total of five Modules, intended to be a five week course, with around 5 hours of video/lecture content and practice questions for each Module.
If you are taking the California Specific Exam, the course is slightly more structured, in that one Module becomes available each week for four weeks. The California Specific Geology Exam Prep course is 4 hours long total. This means that the course is 4 weeks long and each week you attend a roughly one hour session. Between sessions, you will be given direction and material for themed study if you want to dive deeper on that session’s topic. Total course time is about 4 hours with additional study material between classes and practice questions every week.
Access the School
When you click the Join Now link, you will be taken to our course hosting website where you will be able to secure your spot. The FG and PG practice course is offered year-round at your convenience. The California Specific Exam is now also offered year-round - all courses are streamed through the course hosting website. With this format, you are not traveling to a stuffy hotel meeting room and fighting to stay awake after lunch, you take it in the privacy and comfort of your location. This has its advantages and disadvantages, but we believe this format, including the drip content, is far superior and provides you with the highest value. The course hosting site also offers a free APP that you can download and conveniently listen or watch the material from your mobile phone anywhere. Click the Join Now button below to be taken to the course hosting website and access the course outline and major topics that will be covered in the course!
UPDATE! - California Specific Exam Courses
The California Specific Exam: In the past, the CSE was only offered three times per year but now it will be available year-round, at your convenience. Opening it up like this will give you more flexibility to begin your studying when it works best for you. Anytime. Anywhere.
How it works: One module becomes available each week for four weeks (Module 5 is released the same week as Module 4) and you are free to go back to any module at any time after it opens. On the day of enrollment, Module 1 is fully open and ready to take. Then every 7 days following your enrollment, another module opens. You are free to go back and revisit topics, watch/listen to the videos as many times as you’d like. That means you’d ideally begin studying at least 4 weeks prior to the CSE - if you are within that 4 week window and want to cram the info, shoot me an email following your enrollment and you’ll be able to access the entire course.
Schedule for ASBOG® FG and PG Exam Courses
Available anytime, on your schedule. We recommend scheduling yourself to take one Module per week for the weeks leading up to the exam, leaving an extra week or two for final studying. This will leave all the material fresh in your mind right before the exam, but if you insist on beginning earlier, you are free to do that also! Whatever is most convenient for you.
What to Expect From the Courses
Streaming
When you click any of the “Join Now” buttons, you will be taken to our course hosting website school. The entire course is streamed over the internet through our reliable, high quality, virtual school.
Targeted Material
We stay on track, covering the most relevant and up to date material available. We SPECIFICALLY call out differences between the FG and PG material - yes there is some overlap but there is MUCH more unique content that differentiates them. What makes this so unique? Come and find out.
Material
You will be provided with PDF copies of all the course notes to download and use for reference in your studies. Between classes, you are provided with reference material for a deeper dive on the topics we covered that week. And you will be provided with practice questions for each module and each topic covered.
STRATEGY
We cover both high level geology topics and get in the weeds when needed. On your own, it is next to impossible to know where to begin studying. This course is designed to help you focus where it is important and give you a logical and practical progression through the content..
Comfort of your Location
Because of the streaming format, you are free to choose when and from where you join us from. That can be your office, from the couch at your home, or anywhere you are comfortable, any time after the open of the course.
Confidence
You will walk into the test knowing exactly what to expect. We will talk about what makes a good test question and what makes a bad test question. When we take away some of the mystery surrounding a professional test, you walk in with more confidence - and don’t underestimate the impact that can make on your performance.
What this Course is Not
It should go without saying but we will say it anyway: earning your professional registration comes with expectations and requirements for ethical practice of geology in all circumstances. The ASBOG® portions are carefully crafted based on numerous, and ongoing interviews, following the published ASBOG® study guide and exam plan. You will have a solid foundation. The CSE course is carefully designed, with the highest integrity to content, to teach you what makes the practice of geology in California unique; in that you will become well prepared to take the California Specific Geology Exam and practice geology in California. Neither Horacio or I have any specialized or confidential knowledge of the exams. Just being clear on that point.
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“Far and away the best review course I’ve taken for the CSE! Topics are broken down into bite size pieces that you can re-watch for the sections you don’t feel comfortable with. It forces you to start thinking about the topics sooner than you might start studying on your own.”
“Oh my gosh, finally another option for ASBOG prep! I took both the FG and PG and having the content in video format to come back to if needed is amazing. The material is engaging (Horacio is amazing) and really gets to the point. Having separate FG and PG material is a game changer and having an app I can listen to anywhere is so great. Thank you!”