Atmospheric Science

Students seeking M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric Sciences are required to take at least one course from the three Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Core Categories - 1) Atmospheric Dynamics and Physics, 2) Atmospheric Chemistry, and 3) Atmospheric Measurement and Modeling. Most Core courses are offered every other year, either in the Fall or Spring Semester.

Category 1 (Atmospheric Dynamics and Physics)

• GEOL 6337 - Atmospheric Physics
• GEOL 6336 - Boundary Layer & Turbulence
• GEOL 6330 - Dynamic Meteorology
• GEOL 6327 - Atmospheric Radiation
• GEOL 6364 - Mesoscale Meteorology
• GEOL 6319 - Atmosphere & Ocean Dynamics
• GEOL 6397 – Cloud Physics

Category 2 (Atmospheric Chemistry)

• GEOL 6321 - Aerosols and Climate
• GEOL 6332 - Air Pollution Meteorology
• GEOL 6334 - Atmospheric Chemistry
• GEOL 6370 - Atmospheric Biogeochemistry

Category 3 (Atmospheric Measurement and Modeling)

• GEOL 6325 - Remote Sensing
• GEOL 6326 - Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Sciences
• GEOL 6335 - Atmospheric Numerical Modeling
• GEOL 6328 - Atmospheric Data Analysis & Statistics
• GEOL 7311 - Deep Learning Big Data Analytics
• GEOL 6397 - Synoptic Meteorology

Geophysics

Students seeking M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics are required to take the following four core classes.

• GEOL 7324 - Rock Physics
• GEOL 7330 - Potential Field Methods
• GEOL 7333 - Seismic Wave and Ray Theory
• GEOL 7341 - Geophysical Data Processing

Geology

Courses listed in categories 1 through 4 will satisfy core requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology. Students seeking these degrees must satisfactorily complete a minimum of one course from three of the four categories below. These three courses must be included within the minimum of 30 approved degree hours for a Masters degree and the 60 approved degree hours for a Ph.D. Most of these courses are offered in Fall or Spring semesters in alternate years.

Category 1 (Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology/Geochemistry)

• GEOL 6339 - Igneous Petrology
• GEOL 6340 - Metamorphic Petrology
• GEOL 6341 - Geochemistry I
• GEOL 6374 - Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry
• GEOL 6386 - Igneous Petrogenesis and Plate Tectonics

Category 2 (Sedimentary Geology/Stratigraphy)

• GEOL 6358 - Terrigeneous Depositional Systems
• GEOL 6363 - Carbonate Sedimentology
• GEOL 6366 - Hydrogeology
• GEOL 6376 - Adv Tect and Sedimentation
• GEOL 6380 - Sequence Stratigraphy

Category 3 (Structure/Tectonics)

• GEOL 6349 - Geodynamics
• GEOL 6350 - Advanced Structural Geology
• GEOL 6378 - Basin Analysis for Petroleum Exploration
• GEOL 6352 - Microtectonics
• GEOL 6382 - Plate Tectonics

Category 4 (Applied/Analytical)

• GEOL 6325 - Remote Sensing
• GEOL 6347 - Sandstone Petrography
• GEOL 6372 - Intro to Petroleum Geochemistry
• GEOL 6381 - Petroleum Geology
• GEOL 6388 - Geospatial Analysis and Applications