Core Courses
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. Most Core courses are offered every other year, either in the Fall or Spring Semester.
Category 1 (Atmospheric Dynamics and Physics)
- GEOL 6337 - Atmospheric Physics
- GEOL 6336 - Boundary Layer & Turbulence
- GEOL 6330 - Dynamic Meteorology
- GEOL 6327 - Atmospheric Radiation
- GEOL 6364 - Mesoscale Meteorology
- GEOL 6319 - Atmosphere & Ocean Dynamics
- GEOL 6397 - Cloud Physics
- GEOL 6397 - Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
Category 2 (Atmospheric Chemistry)
- GEOL 6321 - Aerosols and Climate
- GEOL 6332 - Air Pollution Meteorology
- GEOL 6334 - Atmospheric Chemistry
- GEOL 6370 - Atmospheric Biogeochemistry
- GEOL 6397 Land Atmosphere Interactions
Category 3 (Atmospheric Measurement and Modeling)
- GEOL 6325 - Remote Sensing
- GEOL 6326 - Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Sciences
- GEOL 6335 - Atmospheric Numerical Modeling
- GEOL 6328 - Atmospheric Data Analysis & Statistics
- GEOL 7311 - Deep Learning Big Data Analytics
- GEOL 6397 - Synoptic Meteorology
Geophysics
Students seeking M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics are required to take the following four core classes.
- GEOL 7324 - Rock Physics
- GEOL 7330 - Potential Field Methods
- GEOL 7333 - Seismic Wave and Ray Theory
- GEOL 7341 - Geophysical Data Processing
Geology
Instead of requiring a fixed set of core courses, the Geology graduate program maintains an approved list of graduate-level courses from which students select coursework appropriate to their degree option; the current list of approved courses is provided below. For specific credit-hour requirements and course-selection policies, please refer to the latest edition of the appropriate Graduate Catalog (PhD) / Graduate Catalog (MS, Thesis/Non-Thesis Options).
List of Geology Courses
- GEOL 6312 - The Mechanics of Sediment Transport Credit Hours: 3.00
- GEOL 6313 - Applied Geomorphology Credit Hours: 3.00
- GEOL 6325 - Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 7331 - Seismic Structural Geology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 7332 - Tectonic Interpretation and Seismic Tomography Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6338 - Paleoclimate Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6339 - Igneous Petrology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6340 - Metamorphic Petrology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6341 - Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6343 - Organic Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6344 - Light Stable Isotope Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6346 - Geochemistry of Water-Rock Systems Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6350 - Advanced Structural Geology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6352 - Microtectonics Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6353 - Planetary Materials Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6354 - Geomechanics of the Upper Crust Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6365 - Conventional and unconventional exploration of the Permian Basin, West Texas Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6366 - Hydrogeology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6371 - Analytical Methods in Inorganic Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6372 - Petroleum Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3
- GEOL 6373 - Petroleum Systems Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6374 - Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6375 - Tecton Himalayan-Tibet Orogen Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6376 - Adv Tect and Sedimentation Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6378 - Basin Analysis for Petroleum Exploration Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6379 - Applied Biostratigraphy Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6380 - Sequence Stratigraphy Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6381 - Petroleum Geology Credit Hours: 3.0
- GEOL 6388 - Geospatial Analysis and Applications Credit Hours: 3