地球科学系的研究生课程为学生提供了在许多时间范围内进行跨越地球深层内部，岩石圈和地表的野外，实验室以及计算地质和地球物理研究的机会。我们的几个教授领导着国内和国际合作研究计划，这些研究计划使我们的研究生有机会与国际知名学者组成的团队在世界不同地区开展工作。先进的分析和计算设施为地球科学领域的前沿研究提供了机会。博士学位和理科硕士学生将获得全额奖学金，并通过助学金，研究助学金和/或研究金获得助学金。通常，MS学生至少需要四个学期的支持和博士学位。学生至少获得八分。
The Ph.D. in Earth Sciences is ideal for students interested in careers in academia, research, and other sectors where the terminal degree is required. The Ph.D. requires significant independent research, and all doctoral students write and defend a dissertation.<br><br>Graduate study in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers students opportunities for field, laboratory, and computational geological and geophysical research spanning the Earth's deep interior, lithosphere and surface on a host of timescales. Several of our faculty lead collaborative domestic and international research programs that afford our graduate students opportunities to work in diverse parts of the world with teams of internationally recognized scholars. State-of-the-art analytical and computational facilities provide opportunities for cutting-edge research in the fields of Earth Sciences. Diverse, interdisciplinary research opportunities leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees include:<br><br>Tectonics<br>Geomorphology<br>Hydrogeology & Hydrology<br>Sedimentology<br>Thermochronology<br>Environmental Geology<br>Biogeochemistry<br>Isotope Geochemistry<br>Computational Geophysics<br>Paleobiology<br>Paleolimnology<br>Global Environmental Change