The School of Earth and Climate Sciences offers MS and PhD degrees in Earth and Climate Sciences. Faculty and graduate student research focus on four major areas:

Climate change, glacial geology, glaciology, and Quaternary studies.
Environmental geosciences, hydrogeology and low-temperature geochemistry.
Geodynamics, crustal studies, and rheology of Earth materials.
Marine geology, coastal processes, sedimentology, and sea-level studies.

The master degree requires 30 credits, at least 18 of which are coursework and 6 are thesis work.

Graduate Program Learning Outcomes

Know: Students will demonstrate advanced knowledge of a sub-discipline of the Earth and climate sciences.

Propose: Students will develop and write a thesis proposal related to a sub-discipline of the Earth and climate sciences.
Implement: Students will demonstrate the ability to implement scientific approaches to address scientific questions and/or hypotheses, and carry out a research plan from start to finish.
Analyze and Quantify: Students will demonstrate competence in the collection, synthesis, interpretation, and contextualization of data (quantitative and/or qualitative).
Critique: Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills to assess work done by others in their sub-discipline.
Communicate: Students will effectively communicate their research purpose, activity, and results, through both oral and written means, to audiences both inside and outside of Earth and climate science fields.
Experience: Students will gain leadership experience, such as teaching, field work, grant writing, laboratory management, and project management.