It is expected that most applicants will have a solid background in Geology, but students with other scientific backgrounds are encouraged to apply to the program. Students with minimal geological backgrounds need to consult with their advisor regarding a course of study. Appropriate background in the following areas must have been completed at the undergraduate level or must be completed as deficiencies that do not fulfill course requirements of the M.S. degree:
   ¤ Minerology
   ¤ Petrology
   ¤ Stratigraphy/Sedimentology
   ¤ Structural Geology
   ¤ Field Geology ("Field Camp")

Graduate Requirements
Environmental Geochemistry requires the completion of five core courses and at least three optional courses from the following list. Completion of a thesis relevant to environmental geochemistry is also required.

Environmental Geochemistry Core Courses:
   ¤ GEOL 505 Modeling and Computational Methods in Geology
   ¤ GEOL 532 Water Geochemistry
   ¤ GEOL 571 Physical Geochemistry
   ¤ GEOL 580 Advanced Environmental Geology
   ¤ BUSL 570 Principles of Hydrogeology

Focus Courses (three are required):
   ¤ GEOL 532 Origin and Classification of Soils
   ¤ GEOL 551 Diagenesis
   ¤ GEOL 552 Depositional Environments
   ¤ GEOL 553 Physical Limnology
   ¤ GEOL 576 Subsurface Methods
   ¤ GEOL 581 Groundwater Flow Modeling
   ¤ GEOL 582 Transport Processes in Groundwater
   ¤ GEOL 585 Introduction to Applied Geophysics
   ¤ BUSL 570 Environmental Law
   ¤ CHEM 501 Organic Chemistry Survey
   ¤ Additional courses can be substituted with the approval
      of the faculty.

Please contact the following professors for more information and discussion of possible research topics:
   ¤ Dina Lopez
   ¤ Mary Stoertz