Master of Arts in Geology

30 credits

Degree requirements

Requires 30 credits of graduate courses, and passing the following National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) tests: the Fundamentals of Geology Examination and the Practice of Geology Examination. Each student must register for the 1-credit Research Colloquium during each fall and spring semester of full-time graduate study.

Geology seminar requirement, 9 credits from

GEOL 605	Seminar in Stratigraphy	3
GEOL 610	Seminar Sedimentary Petrology	3
GEOL 626	Seminar in Tectonics	3
GEOL 660	Seminar in Hydrogeology	3
GEOL 670	Seminar in Envir Geochemistry	3
GEOL 671	Seminar in Geomorphology	3
Total Credits:		9

Research methods requirement

GEOL 685	Geology Research Methods	3
Total Credits:		3

Approved graduate electives in geology, including up to three credits from GEOL 500

Total Credits:

9

Approved major or minor in a second discipline or GEOL and/or other approved electives

Total Credits:

9

Total Credits: 30