我们的部门是一个小型，友好且充满活力的团队，将大量精力投入到MS计划中。教师的专业知识包括火成，变质，结构，沉积地质和古生物学的经典领域，并获得了地球化学和地球物理学领域的大力支持。我们位于北卡罗来纳州广泛的沿海系统中，有利于我们在海洋地质，地下水水文学和生物地球化学/地球化学，古生物学-古生态学，沉积和地层学方面的强项计划。附近的地质记录包括三叠纪盆地沉积，白垩纪至第四纪沉积物的厚层序列以及壮观的现代沿海河口，屏障岛，大西洋中部大陆边缘的大陆架系统。我们还与结构复杂的皮埃蒙特省（Piedmont）省接壤
Our department is a small, friendly, and dynamic group that focuses considerable energy on our MS program. Faculty expertise includes the classic areas of igneous, metamorphic, structural, sedimentary geology and paleontology, with major support from the areas of geochemistry and geophysics. Our location in the extensive North Carolina coastal system, benefits our strong programs in marine geology, groundwater hydrology and biogeochemistry/geochemistry, paleontology-paleoecology, sedimentation, and stratigraphy. The nearby geologic record includes the Triassic basin deposits, a thick sequence of Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments, and the spectacular modern coastal estuarine, barrier island, continental shelf system of the mid-Atlantic continental margin. We also border the structurally complex Piedmont Province with its crystalline rocks and are near the classic Appalachian Province.<br><br><br><br>The M.S. degree is the terminal degree for most employment situations. Its completion indicates that the student has achieved some proficiency in (has mastered) independent research, writing, and project management, and has developed a solid background in geology.