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Geophysics Graduate Certificate
Description of Curriculum All students must take at least 3 Geophysics Core Courses, and the Geophysics Seminar course, listed below. At least one of the three Geophysics Core Courses must be from the Earth and Planetary Physics (EPP) series, and at least one of the remaining core classes taken must be from outside the student's home department. Most geophysics core courses are offered once every two years. A Certificate in Geophysics will be awarded upon the student's completion of degree requirements in their home department. Upon request from a student, the Program Director and the student's advisor will determine whether a student has met the requirements for the certificate and will generate a letter to the appropriate department head and Dean. The certificate is not intended as a substitute for a degree and will be awarded only upon completion of a graduate degree.
Requirements for Certificate i) Completion with a grade of B or better of a total of three geophysics core courses (at least one from the EPP sequence) and one semester credit for the Geophysics Seminar. ii) Completion of degree requirements for graduate degree within the student's home department, with a thesis on a topic that uses geophysics in some way, including the successful defense of this thesis before a committee that includes at least one of the geophysics certificate faculty members listed below. Geophysics Certificate Faculty Members The geophysics certificate faculty members indicated here are a subset of the faculty associated with the Geophysics Graduate Program. Department of Geological Sciences: Roger Bilham, Craig Jones, Peter Molnar, Anne Sheehan, Joseph Smyth. Department of Physics: Michael Ritzwoller, John Wahr, Shijie Zhong. Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences: Fran Bagenal, Nick Schneider, Robert Ergun, Daniel Baker. Department of Geography: Koni Steffen. Department of Aerospace Engineering Science: Kristine Larson, Steve Nerem. Admission Requirements A student wishing to be considered for a Certificate in Geophysics must first be admitted as a graduate student into one of the participating graduate departments (ASEN, APS, CEAE, ECEN, GEOG, GEOL). Students from outside the participating departments can apply for entry to the geophysics certificate program by letter addressed to the Geophysics Graduate Program Committee. A student must have a course background that includes mathematics through three semesters of calculus and four undergraduate science or engineering courses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
