Geosciences
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Courses for Colloquium and Research (GEOS) +/-
898. Special Problems in Geosciences (1-6 cr, max 24)
Prereq: 12 hours geosciences
899. Masters Thesis (6-10 cr)
Prereq: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser
900. Professional Development in Geosciences (1 cr) Lec 1.
Professional skills. Time management, laboratory and field safety, abstract writing, proposal writing, grantsmanship, and presentations. The philosophy and ethical conduct of science.
996. Research Other than Thesis (1-24 cr)
Prereq: Permission
999. Doctoral Dissertation (1-24 cr, max 55)
Prereq: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair
Courses for Meteorology-Climatology (METR) +/-
808. Microclimate: The Biological Environment (AGRO 808; GEOG 808; HORT 808; NRES 808; WATS 408) (3 cr I)
Prereq: MATH 106 or equivalent; 5 hrs physics; or permission
Physical factors that create the biological environment. Radiation and energy balances of earth’s surfaces, terrestrial and marine. Temperature, humidity and wind regimes near the surface. Control of the physical environment through irrigation, windbreaks, frost protection, manipulation of light and radiation. Applications to air pollution research. Instruments for measuring environmental conditions and remote sensing of the environment.
811. Dynamic Meteorology I (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: CSCE 150E; MATH 208/208H; METR 205; PHYS 212/212H
Equations of thermodynamics, momentum, and continuity are derived and applied to atmospheric motion. Energy conservation, flows, and conversions.
812. Dynamic Meteorology II (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 411/811
Applications of the principles of dynamic meteorology to the problems of forecasting and meteorological problems.
823. Physical Meteorology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 2.
Prereq: CSCE 150E; METR 205; PHYS 212/212H
Physical principles that provide the foundation for meteorology. Absorption, scattering, and transmission of radiation in the atmosphere, cloud physics, precipitation process, atmospheric optics, and lightning.
828. Atmospheric Chemistry (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: 6 hrs METR; CHEM 109; and permission
Basic processes (e.g., emission, transport, chemical reaction, and deposition) associated with atmospheric chemistry and combining meteorology and atmospheric chemistry for air quality forecasting. Environmental topics: acid rain; smog; air pollution; and ozone holes in the context of climate change,
841. Synoptic Meteorology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 2.
Prereq: METR 205
Dynamic and thermodynamic concepts and principles applied to synoptic-scale weather forecasting. Dynamics, energetics, structure, evolution, and motion of extra-tropical cyclones. Meteorological communications, interpretation and analysis of weather maps, and thermodynamic diagrams.
842. Advanced Synoptic Meteorology-Climatology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 1.
Prereq: METR 441/841
Analysis and forecasting of subsynoptic-scale weather systems. Convection, thunderstorm models, severe local storm forecasting techniques, mesoscale convective complexes, vertical cross-sections, isentropic analysis, and weather radar.
843. Severe Storms Meteorology-Climatology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 205
Dynamics of various types of severe weather (blizzards, flash floods, lightning, thunderstorms, and winter and summer tornado outbreaks). Interpretation of the numerical and statistical models utilized to forecast these phenomena. Synoptic case studies of severe weather occurrences. Recent research on severe weather.
850. Climate and Society (AGRO 850; GEOG 850; NRES 852) (3 cr)
Prereq: METR 200 or 351 or equivalent, or permission
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Identify the impact of climate and extreme climatic events on society and societal responses to those events. Global in scope and interdisciplinary.
854. Statistical Analysis of Atmosphere Data (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: 6 hrs METR; MATH 107/107H; and permission
Application of univariate statistics, hypothesis testing, statistical forecasting, forecast verification, time-series analysis, principal component analysis, and cluster and/or multivariate analysis to atmospheric data for different applications in the atmospheric sciences (from short-term weather forecast to long-term climate prediction).
864. Satellite Meteorology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 441/841 or parallel METR 841
Concepts and principles related to meteorological observations from satellites. Applications for weather analysis and forecasting.
865. Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmosphere (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 423/823 and permission
Principles of atmospheric radiation and techniques for satellite image processing. Application of data calibration, image registration and enhancement, noise filtering and multi-spectral classification of satellite imageries. Survey of various sensors used for monitoring different atmospheric processes and constituents.
869. Bio-Atmospheric Instrumentation (AGRO 869; GEOG 869; HORT 807; MSYM 869; NRES 869) (3 cr I)
Prereq: MATH 106 and 4 hrs physics
Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Discussion and practical application of principles and practices of measuring meteorological and related variables near the earth’s surface including temperature, humidity, precipitation, pressure, radiation and wind. Performance characteristics of sensors and modern data collection methods discussed and evaluated.
870. The Climate System (3 cr) Lec 3.
Maintenance of the climate system and climate change over time. Global budgets of energy, water, and momentum and their balance. Development of simple, physically-based models of climate and of climate change.
875. Physical Climatology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 205
Global energy and water balance regimes of the earth and its atmosphere. Utilization of physical laws to reveal causes and effects of interrelationships in the climatic system.
878. Regional Climatology (NRES 878) (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 370
Regional differentiation of the climates of the earth on both a descriptive and dynamic basis. The chief systems of climatic classification.
*880. Theory of Climate (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: MATH 221/821 or MATH 221H; PHYS 142 or equivalent
Foundation and maintenance of earth’s climate system and its variation over time. Climate modeling.
883. Global Climate Change (NRES 867) (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: MATH 106/106B/108H; 5 hrs PHYS; METR 475/875
METR 883 is offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.
Elements of the climate systems, El Niño and/or La Niña cycle and monsoons, and natural variability of climate on inter-annual and inter-decadal scales. Paleo-climate and future climate. Develop climate change scenarios and climate change impacts on natural resources and the environment.
887. Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, Future (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: 6 hrs METR or 6 hrs GEOL
How the Earth’s climate has varied and the forcing mechanisms related to those changes. Themes that reappear through Earth’s climate history and into the future; causes of climate change; the natural response times of the multiple components; and the role of green house gases within the climate system at differing time scales.
895. Internship in Meteorology-Climatology (1-6 cr, max 6) Fld.
Prereq: Permission
Pass/No Pass only. Application of meteorology-climatology learning with on-the-job training.
898. Special Topics in Meteorology-Climatology (1-24 cr, max 24)
Prereq: Permission
907. Agricultural Climatology (AGRO 907; HORT 907; NRES 907) (3 cr II) Lec 2, lab 2.
Prereq: NRES 808; STAT 801 or equivalent
Offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Analysis and use of climatological data as applied to agricultural activities and the use of climatological information to assist in decision making.
908. Solar Radiation Interactions at the Earth’s Surface (AGRO 908; HORT 908; NRES 908) (3 cr II)
Prereq: MATH 208; NRES 808 or equivalent or permission
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Quantitative study of radiative transfer to the earth’s surface and subsequent interactions of radiation with vegetative components and underlying surfaces. Applications of canopy radiative modeling and remote sensing techniques, particularly in understanding land-surface processes, are discussed.
924. Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (3 cr, max) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 423/823; MATH 221/221H/821; and permission
Theory of scattering by atmospheric particles (e.g., clouds, aerosols, and molecules), atmospheric radiative transfer equations, and techniques for solving these equations. Atmospheric transfer of both solar and terrestrial radiation. Numerical experiments with radiative transfer models and comparison with observations.
943. Dynamics of Severe Convective Storms (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: METR 411/811 and 412/812, or equivalent
Advanced concepts related to severe convective storms. Tornado-genesis, super-cell formation, rotation, movement, morphology, quasi-linear convective systems, deep convective initiation, hail, mesoscale convective systems, and RKW (Rotunno-Klemp-Weisman) theory.
993. Seminar in Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr, max 6) Lec 3.
Topic varies.
994. Seminar in Climatic Change (3 cr per sem, max 6) Lec 3.
Climates of the past emphasizing the Quaternary period. Paleogeographic changes in response to climatic fluctuations. Techniques for recording and reconstructing past climatic variations. Modeling the changing climate. Climatic changes and human affairs.
Courses for Geology (GEOL) +/-
811. Petrography (1-2 cr) Lab 6.
Prereq: GEOL 310
Principles and methods of identification and description of igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin-sections.
812. Advanced Mineralogy (3-6 cr)
Prereq: 12 hrs geology including GEOL 210; CHEM 113
814. Clay Mineralogy (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Prereq: GEOL 210; CHEM 113 or equivalent
Structures and properties of common clay minerals; their formation and geologic/pedologic distribution. Generation and use of x-rays for diffraction analysis. Analysis of clays and related minerals by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy.
815. Water Resources Seminar (AGRO 881; GEOG 881; NRES 815) (1 cr II)
Seminar on current water resources research and issues in Nebraska and the region.
*816. Isotope Geochemistry (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 410
Behavior of stable and radiogenic isotopes in geological and cosmochemical systems. Application of isotope geochemistry to determining the age of rocks, as well as the sources of the chemical components in the rocks.
817. Organic Geochemistry (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 410 and CHEM 251
Origin, preservation, and transport of the organic compounds found in the rock record. Applications of organic geochemistry to paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental interpretations as well as to discerning the origins of coal, oil and natural gas.
818. Chemistry of Natural Waters (NRES 819) (3 cr II) Lec 3.
Prereq: Two semesters college chemistry or equivalent, or permission
Offered even-numbered years. Principles of water chemistry and their use in precipitation, surface water, and groundwater studies. Groundwater applications used to: determine the time and course of groundwater recharge, estimate groundwater residence time, identity aquifer mineralogy, examine the degree of mixing between waters of various sources, and evaluate what types of biological and chemical processes that occurred during the water’s journey through the aquifer system.
818L. Chemistry of Natural Waters Lab (NRES 819L) (1 cr II, offered even numbered calendar years or
Prereq: Two semesters college chemistry or permission
Parallel: GEOL 818/NRES 819/WATS 418. Basic laboratory techniques used to perform water analysis including various wet chemical techniques, instrument use (AA, IC, UV-Visable) and computer modeling. Techniques for sample collection and preservation, parameter estimation, and chemical analysis.
819. Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGRO 819; GEOG 819; NRES 820) (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 2.
Prereq: GEOG/NRES 818; or permission
Introduction to the practical uses of remote electromagnetic sensing in dealing with agricultural and water-resources issues.
820. Siliciclastic Sedimentology (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: GEOL 310
Depositional processes, environments of deposition, and facies models. Description, classification, and analysis of modern and ancient siliciclastic sediment and sedimentary rocks.
821. Carbonate Petrology (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Lab focuses on field, petrographic and geochemical methods. Depositional settings and processes, petrography, geochemistry, diagenesis and geological significance of modern and ancient carbonate rocks and sediments.
823. Quaternary Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology (BIOS 836) (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: 12 hours in GEOL or BIOS
Analysis and interpretation of the Quaternary period's paleoecological data. Patterns of long-term climate variation. Distribution patterns and responses of organisms and ecosystems to Quaternary environmental change.
824. Biogeochemical Cycles (BIOS 838) (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: CHEM 109 or 113; 12 hrs geology or biological sciences
Chemical cycling at or near the earth’s surface. Interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere. Modern processes, the geological record, and human impacts on elemental cycles.
*825. Geostatistics (NRES *825) (3 cr I)
Prereq: MATH 106 and STAT 218
Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Practical methods for solving spatial interpolation and related estimation problems with emphasis on geostatistical methods. Introduction to applied statistical simulation and prediction in geology, hydrogeology and environmental studies.
828. Stratigraphic Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: GEOL 310
Analysis of stratigraphic stacking patterns in sedimentary basins and sequence stratigraphic methods.
830. Quantitative Methods in Paleontology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 310
Numerical and statistical analysis of paleontological data including biometry, synecology and quantitative biostratigraphy.
831. Micropaleontology (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: GEOL 310
Morphology, classification, ecology, and geological application of common fossil and extant marine, brackish, and freshwater microfossils.
835. Vertebrate Paleontology (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Survey of the evolution of the vertebrates, including examination of the geological and biological factors that influence the pattern of evolution, and laboratory study of fossil materials of the major vertebrate groups.
836. Mammalian Paleontology (2 cr) Lec 2.
Prereq: Permission
Survey of Mesozoic and Cenozoic mammalian history, with emphasis on integration of geological and biological data on pattern and process in mammalian evolution.
839. Marine Ecology and Paleoecology (BIOS 861) (2 cr) Lec 2.
Prereq: BIOS/NRES 220
Includes several field trips. Introduction to the fundamentals of marine ecology and application to paleoecology.
839L. Marine Ecology and Paleoecology Laboratory (BIOS 861L) (1 cr) Lab 3.
Prereq: Parallel GEOL 439/839
Lab includes several field trips.
840. Tectonics (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 340 or permission
Theory of plate tectonics; tectonic controls on rock assemblages; interpretation of regional structure and tectonic history; origin and tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.
842. Environmental Geophysics I (NRES 842) (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Prereq: MATH 107; PHYS 211; GEOL 101 or 106; or equivalent or permission
Introduction to the principles of seismic, ground-penetrating radar, and bore-hole geophysical methods and their application to groundwater, engineering, environmental, and archaeological investigations.
843. Environmental Geophysics II (NRES 843) (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Prereq: MATH 107; PHYS 211; GEOL 101 or 106; or equivalent or permission
Introduction to principles of magnetic, electromagnetic, resistivity, and gravity methods and their application to ground water, engineering, environmental, and archaeological investigations.
846. Palynology (3 cr) Lec, lab.
Prereq: 12 hours GEOS
GEOL 846 lab focuses on techniques for pollen recovery from modern and ancient materials.
Pollen and spore morphology, taxonomy, and pollination ecology as a basic tool for geologists, biologists, and archaeologists interested in environmental reconstruction. Techniques of environmental reconstruction through pollen analysis. Aspects of medical and forensic palynology.
850. Surficial Processes and Landscape Evolution (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: GEOL 310 or permission
Field trip(s). Fluvial, glacial, eolian, and coastal processes and landforms. Roles of tectonics, climate, and climate change in landscape evolution. Lab stresses description and interpretation of landforms from remotely-sensed, cartographic, and field data.
857. Ecosystem Ecology (BIOS 857) (4 cr) Lec 3, rct 1.
Prereq: BIOS 207 or 220
Processes controlling the cycling of energy and elements in ecosystems and how both plant and animal species influence this. Human influenced global and local change that alter these cycles and ecosystem functioning.
861. Soil Physics (AGRO 861; NRES 861; SOIL 461; WATS 461) (3 cr I) Lec 3.
Prereq: AGRO/SOIL 153, PHYS 141 or equivalent, one semester of calculus
Recommended: Parallel enrollment in AGRO/NRES 858. Principles of soil physics. Movement of water, air, heat and solutes in soils. Water retention and movement, including infiltration and field water regime. Movement of chemicals in soils.
865. Soil Geomorphology and Paleopedology (NRES 865) (3 cr) Lec, lab.
Prereq: GEOL 850 and NRES 877, or permission
Two field trips required. Soils and paleosols as evidence in reconstructing landscape evolution and paleoenvironments. Role of paleosols in stratigraphy.
*869. Regional Field Geology (1 cr) Fld.
Prereq: 12 hrs GEOL including GEOL 103
Weekend field trips. Field investigation of classic areas of Midcontinent Geology, emphasizing principles of stratigraphy, geomorphology, sedimentology, and paleontology.
870. Field Techniques in Hydrogeology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 888 or permission
Combined lectures, laboratory, assigned problems, full day field trips, and seminars. Basic techniques, including field procedures, instruments, and software for data interpretation and characterization of groundwater flow and contaminant transport.
872. Water in Geosciences (3 cr II)
Prereq: MATH 106 and 107; PHYS 141; and one of the following: GEOL 101 or 106 or METR 200
Quantitative approach to water in geological media, earth surface and atmosphere. Analysis of physical processes involved in groundwater-surface-atmosphere interactions.
875. Water Quality Strategy (AGRO 875; CIVE 875; CRPL 875; MSYM 875; NRES 875; POLS 875; SOCI 875; SOIL 475; WATS 475) (3 cr II) Lec 3.
Prereq: Permission
Holistic approach to the selection and analysis of planning strategies for protecting water quality from nonpoint sources of contamination. Introduction to the use of methods of analyzing the impact of strategies on whole systems and subsystem for selecting strategies; and for evaluating present strategies.
880. Economic Geology of the Metals (2 cr) Lec 2, lab 2.
Prereq: 12 hrs geology including GEOL 210, 340; CHEM 114, 116
Occurrence and utilization of the metallic ores. Elementary theory of ore genesis.
881. Environmental and Urban Geology (3 cr) Lec 3, lab 2.
Prereq: 12 hours geology, or CRPL 800, or permission
Significance of regional and local geologic materials and processes that affect land-use potential as areas undergo urbanization.
885. Fossil Fuel Geology and Exploration (3 cr) Lec 2, lab 3.
Prereq: 12 hours geology
Geology of coal, oil and gas, and methods of exploration for those resources.
888. Groundwater Geology (NRES 888) (3 cr)
Prereq: GEOL 100-level course; MATH 106 or equivalent
Occurrence, movement and development of water in the geologic environment.
*889. Hydrogeology (NRES *887) (3 cr)
Prereq: GEOL 888/NRES 488 and MATH 208
Principles of flow through porous media with emphasis on basic classical solutions, flow-net analysis, and elementary modern numerical solutions that aid in the analysis and development of groundwater supplies.
895. Economic and Exploration Geography (2 cr, max 6) Lec 2.
Prereq: GEOL 310 and 320; or equivalent
Recommended parallel: a GEOL course as indicated by the instructor and to vary with course content. Content will vary on a 3-year rotation. Combined lectures, seminars, weekend short courses, and field trips. Field trips are required and supported by alumni endowment. Field trips may be scheduled during semester breaks. E.F. Schramm Course in Economic Geology. Fossil fuel geology and exploration.
*898. Special Problems in Geology (1-6 cr)
Prereq: 12 hrs geology
917. Environmental Isotope Hydrology (NRES 917) (3 cr)
Prereq: NRES 819 or equivalent or permission
Theory and use of stable, radiogenic and radioactive isotopes in hydrologic studies. Abundance and variation of the stable isotopes of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, sulphur, chlorine, nitrogen, and strontium. Application of the isotopes to determine water origin, movement, geochemical history, recharge age and residence time, and to delineate contaminant sources and solute migration.
918. Seminar in Geochemistry (1-2 cr)
919. Seminar in Mineralogy (1-6 cr, max 6)
920. Seminar in Stratigraphy (1-2 cr)
See also GEOL 953.
922. Seminar in Sedimentary Environments (1-2 cr)
925. Seminar in Sedimentology (1-2 cr)
926. Marine Geology and Paleoceanography (3 cr) Lec 3.
Geology of the oceanic realm, formation of oceanic crust, circulation, geochemistry, pelagic sediments and their diagensis, correlation, and oceanic history.
929. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Stratigraphy (3 cr) Lec 3.
Application of stratigraphic principles and methods to the solution of Mesozoic and Cenozoic problems.
931. Taphonomy (2 cr) Lec 1, lab 3.
Processes in fossil preservation and how they affect information in the fossil record of vertebrates.
934. Site Analysis in Vertebrate Paleontology (2 cr) Lec 2.
Integrated approach to the excavation and collection of fossil vertebrate sites in a global framework, with consideration of tectonic, depositional, and taphonomic factors in interpretation of fossil vertebrate concentrations.
935. Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleoecology (2 cr) Lec 1, lab 1.
Prereq: GEOL 836
Terrestrial vertebrate history during the Cenozoic Era with emphasis on the fossil record of Great Plains mammalian communities within the last fifteen million years.
936. Siliceous Phytoplankton Paleontology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of fossil diatoms, silicoflagellates and ebridians.
937. Mesozoic Calcareous Nannofossil Paleontology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of Mesozoic calcareous nannofossils.
938. Cenozoic Calcareous Microfossil Paleontology (4 cr) Lec 3, lab 3.
Biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils.
939. Seminar in Paleontology (1-2 cr)
940. Advanced Structural Geology (1-24 cr)
941. Advanced Tectonics (3 cr)
Prereq: GEOL 840 or permission
Tectonics and regional structure of selected mountain belts; Precambrian Tectonics; tectonics and resources.
945. Seminar in Structural Geology and Tectonics (1-2 cr)
953. Glacial Geology (3 cr) Lec 3.
Prereq: GEOL 850 or permission
Deposits made by the continental ice sheets of the Pleistocene and of the environments that existed around them. Lab includes interpretation of topographic maps, air photos, soil maps, and field studies.
955. Seminar in Geomorphology (2-3 cr)
956. Seminar in Quaternary Geology (1-2 cr)
See also GEOL 881, 827.
980. Minerals and Ores (1-24 cr)
982. Field Technology: Hydrogeology (3 cr)
984. Seminar in Economic Geology (1-2 cr)
985. Solute Movement in Soils (AGEN 955; AGRO 955; CIVE 955) (3 cr II) Lec 3.
Prereq: MATH 208; AGRO 861 or GEOL 888 or MSYM 852 or CIVE 858
Knowledge of a programming language. MATH 821 recommended. Offered even-numbered calendar years. Examination of the theory and experimental evidence available to characterize the movement of chemicals in soil. Both saturated and unsaturated flow conditions examined. Initial presentation of basic theoretical concepts. Remainder of class a discussion of the literature.
986. Contaminant Hydrogeology (3 cr)
Prereq: GEOL 888, MATH 208 or equivalent, or permission
Occurrence, behavior and remediation of contamination in geological media. Fundamentals of physical, mathematical, chemical, and engineering processes affecting movement of contaminants in the hydrogeological environment and their applications. Teamwork, projects, seminar presentations, field trips and invited lectures.
987. Seminar in Hydrogeology (1-2 cr)
988. Introduction to Groundwater Modeling (3 cr)
Prereq: GEOL *889, MATH 208 or equivalent, programming language, or permission
Application of fundamentals of modeling techniques (analytical, semi-analytical, finite-difference and finite elements) to the solution of hydrogeological problems. Emphasis on development of model concepts for specific groundwater flow and transport conditions, selection of solution methods, including computer software and hardware, performance of computer modeling, and interpretation of results.
996. Research Other Than Thesis (1-24 cr)
Prereq: Permission
[edit] Description
For a brief description of the program, application requirements and contact information, view the graduate program summary.
Department Chairperson: David K. Watkins, Ph.D.
Graduate Committee: Associate Professor Kettler (chair); Professors Fritz, Zlotnik; Associate Professor Rowe
The department offers both the master of science and doctor or philosophy degrees in geosciences. Students may develop programs of study which emphasize specific areas within the atmospheric and geological sciences.
The department has established program requirements in addition to those stipulated by the Office of Graduate Studies. These requirements are outlined in the department’s Graduate Student Handbook. Other requirements (including language and research tools) are at the discretion of the supervisory committee and should be consistent with the educational objectives of the student.
Students are encouraged to complete the masters degree before beginning doctoral work. Those lacking certain required undergraduate courses may be admitted with the provision that the deficiencies be removed after enrollment.
Specializations available at the masters level:
Environmental Studies; Geology; Great Plains Studies; Hydrogeology; Meteorology-Climatology; Water Resources Planning and Management
Specializations available at the doctoral level:
Environmental Studies; Geology; Great Plains Studies; Hydrogeology; Meteorology-Climatology
[edit] Faculty
For faculty research interests and contact information, view the graduate program summary.
- Anderson, Mark R. -1987; Associate Professor; BS 1977, MS 1980 Northern Illinois; PhD 1985 Colorado
- Fielding, Christopher R. -2002; Professor; BSc 1979 Edinburgh; PhD 1982 Durham
- Frank, Tracy D. -2004; Assistant Professor; BS 1990 Iowa State; MS 1992, PhD 1996 Michigan
- Fritz, Sherilyn C. -1999; Professor; BA 1974 Macalester; MS 1979 Kent State; PhD 1985 Minnesota
- Goble, Ronald J. -1979; Associate Professor; BSc 1968, MSc 1970 Alberta; PhD 1977 Queens
- Grew, Priscilla C. -1993; Professor; BS 1962 Bryn Mawr; PhD 1967 California (Berkeley)
- Harwood, David M. -1989; Professor; BS 1980 Akron; MS 1982 Florida State; PhD 1986 Ohio State
- Holmes, Mary Anne -1996; Research Associate Professor; BS 1976, MS 1978 Virginia Polytechnic Institute; PhD 1989 Florida State
- Hu, Qi (Steve) -1999; Associate Professor; BS 1982 Lanzhou (China); MS 1986, PhD 1992 Colorado State
- Hunt, R.M. -1973; Professor; BA 1963 Wooster; MS 1965 New Mexico; PhD 1971 Columbia
- Joeckel, Robert M. -2000; Associate Professor; BS 1985, MS 1988 Nebraska (Lincoln); PhD 1993 Iowa
- Istanbulluoglu, Erkan -2005; Assistant Professor; BS 1996, MS 1998 Uludag; PhD 2003 Utah State
- Kettler, Richard M. -1989; Associate Professor; BS 1978 Wisconsin; MS 1982 California (Los Angeles); PhD 1990 Michigan
- Lawson, Merlin P. -1968; Professor; BA 1963 SUNY (Buffalo); MA 1966, PhD 1973 Clark
- Lenters, John D. -2006; Associate Professor; BS 1991 Hope; MS 1995; PhD 1997 Cornell
- Lindsley-Griffin, Nancy -1983; Professor; BS 1964 Colorado; MS 1969, PhD 1982 California
- Loope, David B. -1981; Professor; AB 1971 Duke; BS 1977 Utah State; PhD 1981 Wyoming
- Oglesby, Robert J. -2006; Professor; BS 1985 California (Davis); MPhil 1987, PhD 1990 Yale
- Pederson, Darryll T. -1975; Professor; BS 1961 Valley City State; MST 1966, PhD 1971 North Dakota
- Rack, Frank -2006; Associate Professor; BS 1979 Rhode Island; PhD 1992 Texas A&M
- Rowe, Clinton M. -1987; Associate Professor; BA 1978, MS 1982, PhD 1988 Delaware
- Scott, Durelle -2005; Assistant Professor; BS 1996, MS 1997, PhD 2001 Colorado (Boulder)
- Smith, Norman D. -1998; Professor; BS 1962 St Lawrence; MS 1964, PhD, 1967 Brown
- Swinehart, James B. -1970; Professor; BS 1965 California (Riverside); MS 1979 Nebraska (Lincoln)
- Wang, Jun -2007; Assistant Professor; BS 1996 Nanjing; MS 2002; PhD 2005 Alabama (Huntsville)
- Watkins, David K. -1984; Professor and Chair; BS 1976, MS 1979 Virginia Polytech; PhD 1984 Florida State
- Zlotnik, Vitaly A. -1990; Professor; MS 1971 Byelorussian State (Minsk); PhD 1979 National Institute for Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology (Moscow)
