MS IN EARTH SCIENCES:
GEOLOGY OPTION
This option is for students seeking a broad background in geology and also for those wishing to study one area in depth. These goals are accomplished through a set of common requirements, core courses and electives for a total of at least 30 credits (34 for non-thesis option). Most students who enter this program have undergraduate degrees in geology or earth sciences. Those with other majors may have to make-up selected undergraduate courses.
The core curriculum for the M.S. Geology degree includes at least three courses from:
ESCI 825: Igneous Petrology
ESCI 826: Metamorphic Petrology
ESCI 832: Regional Geology and Advanced Structure
ESCI 834: Applied Geophysics
ESCI 841: Geochemistry
ESCI 845: Isotope Geochemistry
ESCI 854: Sedimentology
ESCI 859: Geological Oceanography
ESCI 862: Glacial Geology.
In addition, ESCI 997 (Seminar in Earth Sciences, 1 cr.) and ESCI 998 (Proposal Development, 1 cr.) are required each semester of the first year, and ESCI 899 (Thesis, 6 cr. ) for those students pursuing the thesis option. Those pursuing the non-thesis option are required to take 2 credits of ESCI 898 (Directed Research). Other courses that are commonly used as electives are:
ESCI 803: Fluvial Hydrology
ESCI 805: Principles of Hydrology
ESCI 810: Groundwater Hydrology
EOS 813: Biogeochemical Dynamics
ESCI 846: Analytical Geochemistry
ESCI 847: Aqueous Geochemistry
ESCI 852: Chemical Oceanography
ESCI 865: Paleoclimatology
ESCI 895, 896: Independent Study
ESCI 904: Contaminant Hydrology
ESCI 906: Statistical Hydrology
ESCI 934: Advanced Applied Geophysics
ESCI 952: Advanced Chemical Oceanography
ESCI 964: Advanced Paleoclimate Analysis
Students and faculty are engaged in research on paleontology, paleoclimatology, sedimentology/stratigraphy, bedrock geology, glacial geology, applied geophysics, coastal processes and geochemistry. The department has a wide range of modern research instrumentation and excellent computer facilities. New Hampshire is famous for plutonic and metamorphic rocks as well as Quaternary glacial and glacial-marine deposits.
Prospective students are urged to contact the graduate program director (J. Matthew Davis) or individual professors to learn more about activities, opportunities and financial aid (teaching assistantships, research assistantships, scholarships) at the University of New Hampshire. Additional information may be obtained:
By e-mail: matt.davis@unh.edu
By telephone: 603-862-1718
By snail-mail:Department of Earth Sciences
56 College Road, 121 James Hall
Durham, NH 03824-3589
Faculty with Geology interests:
Francis S. Birch, geophysics, geological oceanography (fsb@cisunix.unh.edu).
Wallace A. Bothner, structure, regional geology (wbothner@cisunix.unh.edu).
Julie Bryce, igneous petrology/geochemistry, volcanology (julie.bryce@unh.edu).
William C. Clyde, paleontology, stratigraphy (will.clyde@unh.edu)
Joel E. Johnson, marine geology, sedimentology (joel.johnson@unh.edu).
Jo Laird, petrology, regional geology, mineralogy (jl@cisunix.unh.edu).
Joseph M. Licciardi, glacial geology joe.licciardi@unh.edu
Larry A. Mayer, marine geology, ocean mapping (larry.mayer@unh.edu).
Larry G. Ward, sedimentology, coastal processes (larry.ward@unh.edu).
J. Matthew Davis, groundwater hydrology, hydrogeology (matt.davis@unh.edu)