Masters degrees in Geology + Earth Science, General: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.
The Department offers graduate courses and research programs leading to the M.S. degree Geology or Geophysics. Students are encouraged to obtain broad backgrounds by taking courses in geology, geophysics, and environmental geosciences along with the other sciences and mathematics. Multidisciplinary preparation is particularly useful for students seeking future employment in industry.
The Department, with approximately twenty graduate students in...
In conjunction with the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College, the Department of Geology and Geophysics offers interested students the opportunity to participate in the combined M.S.-M.B.A. degree program. Completion of this program leads to the awarding of both degrees. This program is excellent preparation for careers in industrial or financial geoscience management, including areas such as the environmental and petroleum industries,...
The MSW Program is based on both class study and field education. Students develop competence in social work practice, policy, ethical and research dimensions. The School provides the kind of educational environment which stimulates students to take imaginative and innovative actions to bring greater equality for the poor, the sick, the oppressed, and vulnerable groups such as children and youth, the elderly, minorities and women.
Requirements for the M. A. T. degree are set by the Lynch School of Education,
whose website should be consulted. These requirements reflect, in turn, those
set by the Massachusetts Department of Education for certifying teachers at the
secondary level.
The number of credits required for the degree, some in Education, some in
Classics, will vary according to the preparation of the candidate. This fact
makes it difficult to spell out...
The Department of Earth Sciences offers programs leading to the MA and PhD degrees Earth Sciences and prepares students for careers in academia, applied research, employment with state and federal agencies, and positions of responsibility in private consulting organizations. Both degrees emphasize original research in an area of expertise, under the guidance of a faculty advisor within the department....
Understanding our planet will be a fundamental challenge for the scientific community over the next century. Almost every practical aspect of society, population, environment, economics, and politics is and will be increasingly impacted by our relationship with the Earth.
Facing these challenges requires approaches that transcend the boundaries of a traditional "geology" department: The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) uses an integrative...
The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences offers master's degrees earth and planetary sciences, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and climate physics and chemistry.
Departmental programs apply physics, chemistry, and mathematics to the study of the Earth and planets in order to understand the processes that are active in the Earth's interior, oceans, and atmosphere, as well as the interiors and atmospheres of other planets. The...
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