Graduate Degree Programs
Core Graduate Courses
Graduate Course Schedule
Graduate Course Descriptions
Information and Recipients
The Petroleum Geosciences Program offers MA and MS degrees.
Hydrogeology Certification Program
Geographical Information Systems
Graduate Level Petroleum Short Courses
Geosciences Graduate Students
Geosciences Thesis
Graduate Core Course Requirements – M.S. or Ph.D. in Geology
The following courses will be offered from the Fall through Spring semesters. Category 1 through 4 courses will satisfy core requirements for the thesis-option 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.
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Category 1 (Igneous/Geochem) |
Offered |
Instructor |
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Geochemistry I |
Fall |
Capuano |
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Igneous Petrology |
Spring |
Snow |
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Igneous Petrogenisis and Plate Tectonics |
Fall |
Casey |
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Isotope geochemistry |
Spring |
Copeland/Lawrence |
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Metamorphic Petrology |
Fall |
Lapen |
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Category 2 (Softrock) |
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Sedimentation and Tectonics |
Fall |
Evans |
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Carbonate Sedimentology |
Spring |
Chafetz |
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Geohydrology |
Fall |
Capuano |
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Terrigeneous Sedimentology |
Fall |
Dupre |
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Sequence Stratigraphy |
Fall |
Bhattacharya |
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Category 3 (Structure/Tectonics) |
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Plate Tectonics |
Fall |
Casey |
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Advanced Structure |
Spring |
Murphy |
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Geophysics of Plate Margins |
Fall |
Hall |
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Geodynamics |
Spring |
Zhou |
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Microtectonics |
Fall |
Robinson |
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Category 4 (Applied/Analytical) |
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GIS Applications |
Spring |
Khan |
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Remote Sensing |
Fall |
Khan |
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Seismic Interpretation |
Fall |
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Borehole Geophysics |
Fall |
Strack |
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Sequence Stratigraphy |
Spring |
Bhattacharya |
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Intro to Petroleum Geochemistry |
Spring |
Bissada |
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GIS for Geologists |
Spring |
TBA |
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Geochronology |
Spring |
Copeland |
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Petroleum Geology |
Spring |
van Nieuwenhuise |
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Seismic Interpretation |
Fall |
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Borehole Geophysics |
Fall |
Strack |
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Reservoir Management |
Fall |
Bissada |
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Geoanalysis |
Spring |
TBA |
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Petroleum Generation Migration Analysis |
Spring |
Bissada |
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Petroleum Geology |
Spring |
van Nieuwenhuise |
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Sandstone Petrology |
Fall |
Chafetz |
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Other Graduate Elective Planned-Geology |
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Special Problems |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Thesis |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Dissertation |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Plate Tectonics Seminar |
Spring |
Burke |
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Special Problems |
Spring |
Arranged |
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Thesis |
Spring |
Arranged |
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Dissertation |
Spring |
Arranged |
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Carbonate Petrography |
Fall |
Chafetz |
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Stable Isotope Geochemistry |
Fall |
Lawrence |
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Special Problems |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Thesis |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Dissertation |
Fall |
Arranged |
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Plate Tectonics |
Spring |
Burke |
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Special Problems |
Spring |
Arranged |
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Thesis |
Spring |
Arranged |
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Dissertation |
Spring |
Arranged |
| Sandstone Petrography | Fall | Chafetz |
