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Requirements for Admission
In addition to the materials required of all Master's program applicants by the UTEP Graduate School, applicants for the M.S. in Geophysics must provide
- Three letters of reference
- A personal statement/essay explaining the applicant's motivation for pursuing the M.S. in Geophysics and their qualifications and preparation for graduate study.
All Admission requirements will be reviewed holistically to assess the potential of the applicant. The successful applicant would typically submit three letters of reference from supporting professionals or faculty in the field who can serve as judges of the applicant's competence and commitment, and a personal statement explaining the applicant's motivation for pursuing the M.S. in Geophysics and his or her qualifications and preparation for graduate study.
Requirements for Degree
All University-wide UTEP requirements for Master's degrees and graduate student progress will apply. Graduate students are expected to enroll in the GEOL 5101 Graduate Seminar during every semester in residence.
Students must complete at least 30 semester hours, including three semester hours each of Thesis I and Thesis II, which may not be taken concurrently. No more than six semester hours can be in Directed Study coursework and no more than nine semester hours can be in approved undergraduate coursework.
Thesis
A written thesis, approved by the student's thesis committee, is required for graduation. The subject of the thesis is to be selected in consultation with the student's thesis advisor, and must be approved by the student's thesis committee.
Before enrolling in Thesis I, and prior to the start of the third full semester, all students must successfully complete a written thesis proposal. The thesis proposal is successfully defended after it has been signed and approved by their thesis committee and circulated to and approved by the Department of Geological Sciences faculty. The student's thesis committee shall be approved by the Department of Geological Sciences Graduate Studies Committee.
The student is required to successfully defend the thesis on an open meeting under the supervision of his or her thesis committee. A draft copy of the thesis, approved by the student's thesis advisor, must be submitted to the thesis committee 14 days before the defense.
Degree Plan
Required Credits: 30
Code | Title | Hours |
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MS in Geophysics (All courses require a grade of C or better) | ||
Required Courses: | ||
GEOL 5101 | Graduate Seminar (Student must enroll in Graduate Seminar every semester in residence) | 1 |
Graduate Course Work: | ||
Select twenty-three hours from the following: | 23 | |
Graduate Seminar | ||
Geology of the Southwest | ||
Selected Topics in Geol Scien | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Selected Topics in Geol Scienc | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Graduate Research in Geol Sci | ||
Computer Appl in Earth Sci | ||
Earth Structure | ||
Earth Materials | ||
Studies in Oceanography | ||
Paleobiology | ||
Planetary Geology | ||
Mineral Resrcs, Econ & Environ | ||
Intro Entrepreneurial Geosci | ||
Adv Entrepreneurial G.S. | ||
Selected Topics-Geological Sci | ||
Hydrogeology | ||
Petroleum Geology | ||
Environmental Tracers in Water | ||
Geocomputation | ||
Isotope Geology | ||
Advanced Petrology | ||
Environmental Geochemistry | ||
Electron Probe Microanalysis | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Sandstone Petrography | ||
Sedimentary Depositional Envir | ||
Basin Analysis | ||
Quantit Techniq Geological Sci | ||
Low Temperature Geochemistry | ||
Global Biochemical Cycles | ||
Petroleum Geochemistry | ||
Paleoclimatology | ||
Nuclear Fuel Cycle | ||
Applied Quaternary Geology | ||
Graduate Research in Geol Sci | ||
Environmental Risk Assessment | ||
Geol/Mineral Resources Mexico | ||
Fundamentals of Earth Science | ||
Fundmtls/Fld Meth in Earth Sci | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Adv Topics in Geological Scien | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Doctoral Research in Geol Sci | ||
Directed Study in Geology | ||
Adv Topics in Geological Scien | ||
Dissertation | ||
Dissertation | ||
Advanced Structural Geology | ||
Tectonic Geomorphology | ||
Sandstone Petrography | ||
Carbonate Petrogrph & Dep. Env | ||
Sedimentary Depositional Env | ||
Sequence Stratigraphy | ||
Hydrogeology | ||
Environmental Tracers in Water | ||
Groundwater in Geological Proc | ||
Planetary Science | ||
Doctoral Research in Geol Sci | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
Atmospheric Processes | ||
Digital Image Processing | ||
Geophysical Inverse Theory | ||
Reflection Seismic Data Proces | ||
Seismology | ||
Topics in Geophysics | ||
Well Logging | ||
Plate Tectonics | ||
Reflection Seismic Data Interp | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
North Amer Geophysical Framewk | ||
Geop App-Digital Signal Proces | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
Directed Study in Geophysics | ||
Advanced Seismology | ||
Advanced Seismic Methods | ||
Applications of Potential Thry | ||
Thesis: | ||
GEOL 5398 & GEOL 5399 | Thesis and Thesis | 6 |
Total Hours | 30 |
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