The academic program covers traditional geologic topics and the latest advances in earth science. Courses may include theory, descriptive studies, data analysis, computer modeling, laboratory exercises, and field training. The minor offers students in any major outside the department a flexible path to improved knowledge of earth and planetary sciences.
We welcome students with backgrounds that span the range of STEM disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, and mathematics, in addition to those whose undergraduate preparation was in geology or earth sciences. The department is recognized for a supportive and collaborative atmosphere where research and teaching are pursued at the forefront of earth and planetary sciences.
Accepting nominations for the 2020/21 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences
Nominations are being accepted through December 31, 2019, for the 2020/21 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences.
The 2018/19 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences was awarded to Francis Albarède, an Emeritus Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Adjunct Faculty at Rice University in Houston. He is a geochemist with a broad range of interests who contributed to high-temperature geodynamic processes, planetary sciences, and marine geochemistry.
Join us in congratulating Professor Brad Sageman on receiving a Fulbright Scholar Award.
"Features of the North American mantle during the Mesoproterozoic through Cenozoic eras from field studies and visualization experiments"
