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GRADUATE PROGRAM:
MASTER OF SCIENCE
The purpose of the M.S. degree is to train an individual for professional work in geophysics. This is achieved through the completion of courses in the major fields and in related sciences together with an independent research project.
A candidate for an M.S. degree in geophysics must complete 45 units from the following groups of courses:
- Fifteen (15) units of Geophysics lecture courses with at least nine (9) units numbered 200 level or higher.
- Six (6) units of Geophysics courses numbered 100 level or higher.
- Three (3) units of 200 level, non-Geophysics lecture courses in earth sciences.
- One to four electives selected from courses numbered 100 level or higher from mathematics, chemistry, engineering, physics, biology, computer science or earth science. At least one course from this group must be numbered 200 level or higher.
- At least 9, but not more than 18, of the 45 units must be independent work on a research problem that results in a written report accepted and archived by the candidate's faculty adviser. Normally this research is undertaken as part of the candidate's participation in multiple quarters of the Geophysics 385 Research Seminar Series. A summer internship is encouraged as a venue for research but no academic credit is given.
A program proposal must be submitted for approval by a faculty adviser in the first quarter of enrollment. Each candidate must present and defend the results of their research at a public oral presentation attended by at least two faculty members.
- All students are required to attend the Department Seminar.
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