Master
of Science
Admission
Requirements
Degree
Requirements
Unspecified Content or Variable
Credit Courses
GEL Course Descriptions
Department
of Geology website
David J. Matty, Chairperson
314 Brooks Hall, (989) 774-3179
Kathleen
C. Benison, Ph.D., Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Stacy Goetz, Ph.D., Glaciology, Geomorphology
Jane M. Matty, Ph.D., Aqueous Geochemistry,
Hydrogeology
David J. Matty, Ph.D., Petrology, Geochemistry
Sven Morgan, Ph.D., Structural Geology
Mona Sirbescu, Ph.D., Mineralogy
Reed Wicander, Ph.D., Paleontology
Master
of Science
The Master of Science degree in Geology is designed to produce
well-rounded geologists who can easily accept professional
roles in the environmental, petroleum or mining industries, in
government, or as independent consultants. In addition, the
curriculum prepares students if they choose to pursue a
doctoral degree at another institution. Students may tailor
their degree to specialize in environmental geochemistry,
environmental geobiology, hydrogeology,
petrology/geochemistry, geophysics/tectonics,
petrology/structural geology, and palynology/micropaleontology/paleobiology.
Interdisciplinary study is encouraged.
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Admission
Requirements
Admission to the program requires a baccalaureate degree in
geology with an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or
greater in the major. Undergraduate course work must be at
least equivalent to the minimum B.S. course requirements in
geology at Central Michigan University. This includes summer
field camp or its equivalent, one year of chemistry, one year
of physics, and mathematics through calculus in addition to
the upper division geology courses required on our curriculum.
Undergraduate deficiencies must be removed without graduate
credit. The Graduate Record Examinations (both aptitude and
geology) are required.
Persons with a baccalaureate degree in another area of science
may be approved for admission to the program by a special
admissions committee, which will prescribe an individual plan
of study designed to remove deficiencies.
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Degree Requirements
General requirements include the completion of a minimum of 30
credit hours of graduate course work approved by the advisor.
Within the 30 hours is a 22-credit-hour core of courses
required of each student. The core of required courses shall
include GEL 521 or 522, 545, 670, 690, 730, 798. Graduate
elective courses may be chosen from geology or the allied
sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, computer
science), but must have the approval of the advisor. A written
thesis is required. Internships with local companies are
required or strongly recommended for students planning to work
in industry.
The Department of Geology offers courses which may be used as
cognates or electives for various departmental graduate
degrees. The Earth Science teacher may wish to earn a
concentration in geology on the Master of Arts for Teaching in
the Junior High School, Teaching in the Senior High School, or
Teaching in the Community College. To be admissible to such a
concentration, the student must have as background a minimum
of 20 semester hours and a grade point average of 2.7 or
higher in Earth Science which includes at least seven semester
hours of geology or permission of the chairperson of the
Department of Geology.
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Unspecified
content or variable credit courses. Click
here for additional information regarding these types of
courses. The following courses offered through the
department are of unspecified content or variable credit: GEL
575, 597, 650, 675, 697 and 730.
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