Graduate Core Course Requirements
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.
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Course
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Semester
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Instructor
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Category 1 (Atmospheric Dynamics and Physics)
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Atmospheric Physics
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Spring
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Jiang
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Boundary Layer & Turbulence
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Spring
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Rappenglueck
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Dynamic Meteorology
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Spring
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Li
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Atmospheric Radiation
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Fall
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Jiang
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Category 2 (Atmospheric Chemistry)
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Aerosols and Climate
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Fall
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Talbot
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Air Pollution Meteorology
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Spring
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Rappenglueck
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Atmospheric Chemistry
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Fall
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Talbot
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Integrated Biogeochemical Studies
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Spring
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Lefer
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Category 3 (Atmospheric Measurement and Modeling)
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Remote Sensing
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Fall
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Khan
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Atmospheric Numerical Modeling
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Fall
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Choi
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Atmospheric Instrumentation & Measurements
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Spring
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Lefer
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Atmospheric Data Analysis & Statistics
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Fall
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Jiang
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Geophysics
Students seeking M.S. degree in geophysics are required to take the following four core courses. Students seeking Ph.D. in geophysics will be tested on these core courses and three other topics (Reflection Seismology, Earth Structure, and General Geology) on the placement exam given at one week before each Fall and Spring semester.
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Course
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Semester
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Course Number
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Potential Field Methods
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Spring
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GEOL 7330
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Geophysical Data Processing
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Spring
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GEOL 7341
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Rock Physics
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Fall
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GEOL 7324
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Seismic Wave and Ray Theory
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Fall
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GEOL 7333
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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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Course
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Semester
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Instructor
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Category 1 (Igneous/Geochem)
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Geochemistry I
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Fall
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Capuano
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Igneous Petrogenisis and Plate Tectonics
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Fall
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Casey
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Metamorphic Petrology
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Fall
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Lapen
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Igneous Petrology
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Spring
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Snow
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Isotope geochemistry
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Spring
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Copeland/Lawrence
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Category 2 (Softrock)
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Sedimentation and Tectonics
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Fall
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Evans
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Geohydrology
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Fall
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Capuano
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Terrigeneous Sedimentology
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Fall
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Dupre
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Sequence Stratigraphy
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Fall
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Bhattacharya
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Carbonate Sedimentology
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Spring
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Chafetz
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Category 3 (Structure/Tectonics)
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Plate Tectonics
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Fall
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Casey
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Geophysics of Plate Margins
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Fall
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Hall
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Microtectonics
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Fall
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Robinson
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Advanced Structure
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Spring
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Murphy
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Geodynamics
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Spring
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Zhou
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Category 4 (Applied/Analytical)
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Borehole Geophysics
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Fall
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Strack
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Remote Sensing
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Fall
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Khan
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Reservoir Management
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Fall
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Bissada
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Sandstone Petrography
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Fall
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Chafetz
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Seismic Interpretation
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Fall
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Geoanalysis
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Spring
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TBA
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Geochronology
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Spring
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Copeland
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GIS Applications
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Spring
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Khan
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GIS for Geologists
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Spring
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Intro to Petroleum Geochemistry
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Spring
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Bissada
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Petroleum Generation Migration Analysis
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Spring
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Bissada
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Petroleum Geology
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Spring
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van Nieuwenhuise
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Other Graduate Elective Planned-Geology
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Carbonate Petrography
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Fall
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Chafetz
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Dissertation
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Fall
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Arranged
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Special Problems
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Fall
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Arranged
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Stable Isotope Geochemistry
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Fall
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Lawrence
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Thesis
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Fall
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Arranged
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Dissertation
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Spring
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Arranged
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Plate Tectonics
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Spring
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Burke
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Plate Tectonics Seminar
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Spring
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Burke
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Special Problems
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Spring
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Arranged
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Thesis
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Spring
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Arranged
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