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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog Geography, Geology, and the Environment

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Programs Offered

M.S. in Hydrogeology and the Hydrogeology Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Graduate Certificate.

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Hydrogeology Program

Degree Offered: M.S.

Master’s degree candidates may choose either of two options.

Option I — Thesis

This 32-hour option requires:

  • 15 hour core: GEO 410, GEO 435, GEO 439, GEO 456, and GEO 460*  
  • 11-13 hours of electives 
  • GEO 499 (4-6 hours)

Option II — Comprehensive Exam

This 32-hour option requires:

  • 15 hour core: GEO 410, GEO 435, GEO 439, GEO 456, and GEO 460* 
  • 17 hours of electives 
  • a comprehensive examination

* Students who are admitted into the program having taken GEO 360 will be required to take an additional graduate course. All master’s degree programs require a minimum of 50 percent of the non-thesis credit hours applied to the degree to be 400-level courses or above.

Hydrogeology Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Graduate Certificate

Graduate students in the Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment may elect to pursue a Hydrogeology GIS Graduate Certificate. To earn the certificate, the student must take and successfully complete GEO 403, or GEO 463, GEO 404, and GEO 405 or GEO 465.

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