CHINESEGEOLOGICALEDUCATIONCHINESEGEOLOGICALEDUCATIONG642A1006-9372201201-0050-04CHINESEGEOLOGICALEDUCATIONCHINESEGEOLOGICALEDUCATIONTissotWelteSkepticismCultivationinUndergraduateTeachingofPetroleumGeologySpecialtyWUNan,WANGZhen-qi,LINXiao-yun,LIUXian-fengYangtzeUniversity,Jingzhou434023,ChinaAbstract:Innovationoriginatingfromtheskepticismisthekeytodevelopingscienceandtechnology.Thedisciplinelocationofpetroleumgeologyisastrategicdisciplinerelatedtotheeconomydevelopmentandsocietystability.Meanwhile,thegistofthedisciplineofthepetroleumgeologyistoimproveundergraduate’sskepticism,whichisdeterminedbythepropertyofthedisciplinewhichismultidisciplinaryandhighriskyofapplication.Webelievethatitiseffectivetocultivatetheskepticismoftheundergraduatebyreconstructingtheteachingmodel,cultivatingtheproblematiqueandleadingscientifically.Keywords:petroleumgeology;skepticism;undergraduteteaching